https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.18.512756v1
Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2
“We find that SARS-CoV-2 is an anomaly, more likely a product of synthetic genome assembly than natural evolution. The restriction map of SARS-CoV-2 is consistent with many previously reported synthetic coronavirus genomes, meets all the criteria required for an efficient reverse genetic system, differs from closest relatives by a significantly higher rate of synonymous mutations in these synthetic-looking recognitions sites, and has a synthetic fingerprint unlikely to have evolved from its close relatives. We report a high likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated as an infectious clone assembled in vitro.”
"Professor Prasad:
It’s not just the top of the distribution that has elevated high-sensitivity troponin, but the whole distribution is shifted to the right. Everyone has a slightly elevated value for high-sensitivity troponin. That’s what this graph suggests.”
A troponin increase occurs when your heart is damaged:
“Troponin is a type of protein found in the muscles of your heart. Troponin is not normally found in the blood. When the heart muscles are damaged, troponin is released into the bloodstream. As the heart becomes more damaged, larger amounts of troponin are released into the blood."