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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
NPR

Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research — calling it dangerous

President Trump issued an executive order Monday restricting federal funding for research that involves a controversial field of scientific study known as "gain-of-function" research. The research, ...
Live Science

Trump admin wants to curtail 'gain-of-function' research — but it's a cornerstone of biology, scientists say

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.
Forbes

AI Or Gain-Of-Function Research: Which Is More Dangerous?

French engineer-virologist Thomas Mollet looks at 24 well plates adherent cells monolayer infected with a Sars-CoV-2 virus at the Biosafety level 3 laboratory (BSL3) of the Valneva SE Group ...
RealClearScience

Gain of Function Research Is Misunderstood

“Gain of function” (GoF) research refers to genetic modification that deliberately enhances the abilities of an organism — often a virus or bacterium — to study how such changes affect its function, ...
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 ...
National Review

Trump Ends Federal Funding of Gain-of-Function Research, Citing Covid-19 Pandemic

At Least 16 Killed in Bondi Beach Attack on Australian Jewish Community Trump Signs Executive Order to Challenge State AI Regulations in Major Tech Industry Victory Black Lives Matter Director Spent ...
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 ...