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..“The proposal is considered to potentially involve [gain-of-function] research because they propose to synthesize spike glycoproteins which bind to human cell receptors and insert them into SARSr-CoV backbones to assess whether they can cause SARS-like disease," DARPA wrote, adding, "The proposal hardly addresses or discusses ethical, legal, and social issues.”
DARPA further warned, "It is clear that the proposed DEFUSE project led by Peter Daszak could have put local communities at risk.”
DARPA spokesman Jared Adams neither confirmed nor disputed the authenticity of the documents released by DRASTIC. However, he did say that his agency has never funded research associated with EcoHealth Alliance or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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