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gain-of-function research

A scientist works at a biosafety level 4 lab.

The COVID pandemic spurred a revision of US pathogen research rules. Will it help?

By David Gillum, Randy A. Albrecht, Antony Schwartz, Rebecca Moritz  | Biosecurity

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

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Ron DeSantis talking.

Woke virology? Ron DeSantis finds another thing to ban in Florida

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A biosafety level 4 lab.

The Bulletin brings top researchers to Geneva to talk biosecurity and pathogen research

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

The smallpox virus.

Private-sector research could pose a pandemic risk. Here’s what to do about it

By Gerald L. Epstein | Biosecurity

An illustration by Erik English.

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

By Simon Wain-Hobson | Biosecurity

Wuhan Institute of Virology

COVID-19 lab-leak theory: Gain-of-function is a hot topic, but a bad explanation

By Nicholas G. Evans, Anna Muldoon | Disruptive Technologies

Essential reading on lab leaks and gain-of-function research

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A biosafety level 4 lab.

How to make biomedical research (and biosafety labs) less dangerous and more ethical, post-COVID-19

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity