A Moderna patent filed in 2016 contains a 'reverse complement' of a 19-nucleotide sequence found in the SARS-CoV-2 genome.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed analysis (Frontiers in Virology) and further corroborated by fact-checking review; the sequence match is real but is a short, non-unique match also found in other organisms, so it does not imply intentional engineering. [tier=silver indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=exceptional]
Sources
- Study doesn't prove that Moderna 'created' coronavirus - AP News (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://science.feedback.org/review/short-identical-gene-sequence-sars-cov-2-and-gene-sequence-patented-moderna-found-in-other-organisms-not-evidence-virus-engineered-daily-mail/ (corroboration)
- https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/21/WS6237da55a310fd2b29e52288.html (corroboration)
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.834808/full (corroboration)