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 ...
New York Post

NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials

At long last, National Institutes of Health (NIH) principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak admitted to Congress Thursday that US taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Gain-of-function pathogen research is controversial and widespread. Can it be regulated?

Activists want it banned. The US government may soon further restrict it. And politicians won’t stop talking about it. So-called “gain-of-function” pathogen research has faced growing scrutiny ever ...