Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Emily Kopp explains that Ralph Baric, a leading coronavirus researcher at the UNC, pioneered reverse-engineering methods that allow scientists to assemble viruses from their genetic sequences, including a technique known as “no-see-um” engineering. She notes that his past collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has fueled speculation about his role prior to COVID-19.

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