Thursday, October 23, 2014

October 23, 2014

Nature editorial – A ripe time for gaining ground

After three years of heated debate, the advocates and critics of gain-of-function research must work to agree on how best to regulate work.

Nature. 2014 Oct 23;514(7523):403. doi: 10.1038/514403a.


“And the revelations over the past few months of serious violations and accidents at some of the leading biosafety containment labs in the United States has burst the hubris that some scientists, and their institutions, have in their perceived ability to work safely with dangerous pathogens.”