摘要 : Dear Editor,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARSCoV-2)was identified as the pathogen causing the coronavirus disease(COVID-19),which sometimes resulted in fatal pneumonia(Hu et al.,2021).SARS-CoV-2 is a biosafety l... 展开 Dear Editor,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARSCoV-2)was identified as the pathogen causing the coronavirus disease(COVID-19),which sometimes resulted in fatal pneumonia(Hu et al.,2021).SARS-CoV-2 is a biosafety level 3(BSL-3)pathogen,and the requirement for high containment conditions is a bottleneck for basic research on viral biology.To help general researchers who wish to study SARS-CoV-2 but do not have access to a BSL-3 facility,a system that(1)can mimic the real life cycle of the virus;(2)allows easy genetic manipulation;and(3)shows high biosafety in BSL-2 laboratory is required. 收起