Stockholm ESCAIDE 2014
Plenary session D:
Primum non nocere – Why engineer microbes to be more dangerous to humankind?
Audience survey - electronic voting via smart phones after the session
Q1: Should ‘Gain of Function’ (GOF) research be paused in the EU until clearer policies are in place for researchers?
101 yes - 43 no (70% yes)
Q2: should the public health sector be more involved in the risk-benefit analysis of GOF research?
139 yes - 7 no (95% yes)
Q3: Should the EU have a “dedicated body” to manage biosafety and biosecurity issues around dual-use ‘research of concern”?
114 yes - 29 no (80% yes)
