The National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers who have been charged with allegedly smuggling viral pathogens into the United States previously flew or planned to fly viral samples to the United States, according to newly released emails.
Claude Kwe, who worked under Vincent Munster at the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in 2024 brought DNA from 35 samples that tested positive for monkeypox, according to one of the missives.
“We’re eager to perform full genome sequencing on these samples,” Kwe wrote to an NIH official whose name was redacted, while cc’ing Munster.
A form filed with the NIH by Kwe said that the samples contained or were derived from a select agent….