Scientists isolate coronavirus strain responsible for deadly Covid-19 outbreak

The Independent


Canadian research team says work will help inform global response to worsening pandemic

Canadian research team says work will help inform global response to worsening pandemic

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Scientists isolate coronavirus strain responsible for deadly Covid-19 outbreak

一個加拿大科學家團隊已經在實驗室中成功分離出一種冠狀病毒，並在實驗室中種植了樣本，以幫助研究造成致命性全球大流行的病原體。

來自加拿大森尼布魯克研究所，麥克馬斯特大學和多倫多大學的研究人員從兩個標本中分離出該病毒，然後在安全的隔離設施中進行了培養。

這並不意味著要分離出感染該病毒的人，而是意味著科學家已經成功獲得了該病毒的純樣本，他們已經將其包含在人體外，然後可以進行研究。


研究小組說，實驗室生長的樣品將幫助加拿大和世界各地的科學家開發更好的診斷測試，治療方法和疫苗，以對抗冠狀病毒。

這不是第一次分離出病毒。 首先是中國科學家這樣做的，並且在澳大利亞和意大利的研究團隊中也有在實驗室中分離和生長該病毒樣本的研究人員。

A Canadian team of scientists has successfully isolated a strain of the coronavirus and grown samples in a lab to help study the pathogen responsible for the deadly global pandemic.

Researchers from Sunnybrook Research Institute, McMaster University and the University of Toronto, all in Canada, isolated the virus from two specimens and then cultivated it in a secure containment facility.

This does not mean isolating people infected with the virus, but means scientists have successfully obtained a pure sample of the virus, which they have contained outside the human body and can then study.

The team said the lab-grown samples would help scientists in Canada and across the world develop better diagnostic testing, treatments and vaccines to fight the coronavirus.

It is not the first time the virus has been isolated. Chinese scientists first did so, and research teams in Australia and Italy are also among those who have isolated and grown samples of the virus in laboratories.