Dr. Anthony Fauci testified to Congress in January that he opted to use the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) definition for gain-of-function research in previous testimony, directly ...
Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...
Former CDC director Robert Redfield told Newsmax in an interview Wednesday why he supports President Trump's executive order preventing the U.S. from funding viral "gain-of-function" research at labs ...
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 ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts ...
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 ...
Biosafety advocates worry the administration is backtracking on its promise to implement meaningful restrictions on the type ...
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 ...
A fiery exchange between Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, during a congressional hearing on Tuesday is bringing attention once again to a type of ...
When multiple news outlets reported last week that both the Department of Energy and the FBI now believe the Covid-19 pandemic originated in an accidental leak from a lab, Republicans, along with many ...
At Tuesday's Senate Health Committee hearing, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci about "Project Veritas" reporting that EcoHealth Alliance "approached DARPA in March 2018 seeking ...
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 ...