STAT

Gain-of-function research is about much more than dangerous pathogens

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and some of its risks, particularly regarding the possible creation of dangerous pathogens. But there’s a lot ...
MM&M

Gain-of-function research: What is it and how can the federal government better monitor it?

There have been plenty of controversies recently over something called gain-of-function research. Amid the highly-politicized debate over the origin of the COVID-19 virus, the term has been thrown ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Gain-of-function research can’t deliver pandemic predictions. Are there alternatives?

Science is about fathoming how the natural world works and dreaming up machines, drugs, and vaccines that make life on the planet a little easier. Understanding and imagination allow scientists to ...
Business Wire

Benchmarking the Pharma Industry's Market Research Function, 2019 Study - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Benchmarking the Pharma Industry's Market Research Function" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Benchmarking the Pharma Industry's Market ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

New pathogen research rules: Gain of function, loss of clarity

In December 2017, after six years of debate and discussion, the United States government closed a chapter—though perhaps not the book—on one of the most controversial experiments in the annals of dual ...
IJR

Trump’s Gain-Of-Function Research Crackdown Turns Out To Be Narrower Than Expected

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday updating guidance for researchers and government agencies with the aim of stopping federal funding for foreign research that generates new ...
Los Angeles Times

Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs

Gain-of-function research became controversial during the COVID-19 pandemic. But without it, “we’re just flying in the dark” when it comes to H5N1, said Felicia Goodrum, a molecular virologist at the ...
Forbes

Gain-Of-Function Experiments At Boston University Create A Deadly New Covid-19 Virus. Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?

After all the controversy over the past few years about gain-of-function research on viruses, especially the Covid-19 virus, I thought this kind of work was on hold, at least in the U.S. Indeed, the ...
Forbes

Virologists Object To Any New Restrictions On Dangerous Gain-Of-Function Research

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Clinical support technician Douglas Condie extracts viruses from swab samples so that the genetic structure of a virus can be analysed and identified in the ...
Washington Examiner

NIH terminates risky ‘gain of function’ research ‘effective immediately’

The National Institutes of Health will terminate all funding for grants involving risky gain-of-function research and give researchers until the end of June to say whether their grants comply with ...
Reason

Will Jay Bhattacharya Get Gain-of-Function Research Under Control?

In a party-line vote last evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stanford professor and medical researcher Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The confirmation of ...
The Conversation

‘Gain of function’ research can create experimental viruses. In light of COVID, it should be more strictly regulated – or banned

Colin D. Butler is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Doctors for the Environment, Australia. The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a scientific review that looks ...