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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