Pandemic risks: Are there some genetic experiments that simply should not be done?
By Filippa Lentzos | May 13, 2025
Artificial intelligence trained on natural DNA sequences can generate new sequences encoding potentially novel biological functions. What unknown potentials, and potential hazards, do these developments entail? Woodcut from the Historia Animalium (“Histories of the Animals”), one of the first attempts at an encyclopedia of the natural world, published in the mid-1500s in central Europe. Courtesy of Rare Books Collection, Grass Reading Room/Marine Biological Laboratory Library, Woods Hole, MA.
Pandemic risks: Are there some genetic experiments that simply should not be done?
By Filippa Lentzos | May 13, 2025
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Keywords: biosafety, genetic engineering, pandemic risks, pathogens, red lines, responsible science
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Filippa Lentzos is an associate professor in Science & International Security at King’s College London, where she leads research projects on... Read More
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