The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 3: The Evidence for the “Lab Leak” Hypothesis with Yuri Deigin

Where did SARS Coronavirus-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world, come from?

Today, I interview Yuri Deigin, a biotech researcher, entrepreneur, and founding member of DRASTIC, to discuss the evidence that led him to believe there is a greater than ninety-percent chance that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology…

About our Guest

Yuri is a biotech entrepreneur with a focus on early-stage translation of scientific breakthroughs into therapies. He is currently leading YouthBio Therapeutics Inc., which is developing rejuvenation gene therapies. Yuri has previously led several early-stage pharmaceutical startups, including one developing an Alzheimer’s Disease therapeutic, and another startup developing small-molecule neuroprotectors for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and a rare pediatric disease.

He is the co-author of: “The Genetic Structure of SARS CoV-2 Does Not Rule Out a Laboratory Origin.” Yuri has also been a vocal evangelist of epigenetic rejuvenation by partial reprogramming with Yamanaka factors since 2017. Yuri holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BSc from the University of Toronto.