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Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it's a routine and essential tool in all biology research

Gain-of-function experiments in the lab can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. KTSDesign/Science Photo Library via Getty Images As ...
Science Daily

Key functions of therapeutically promising jumbo viruses

Viruses known as 'jumbo' phages are seen as a potential tool against deadly bacterial infections. But scientists must first decipher the extraordinary makeup of these mysterious viruses. Researchers ...
Forbes

Gain-Of-Function Research And Covid-19: Could Too Much Oversight Slow Progress?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. Mar 09, 2023, 10:04am EST This article is more than 2 years old. A ...
Forbes

Laboratories Are Still Performing Gain-Of-Function Research On Viruses More Dangerous Than Covid-19

The evidence is becoming ever more clear that the Covid-19 virus leaked out of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. This pandemic horror is focusing attention on gain-of-function research, whereby ...
Houston Chronicle

Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it’s a routine and essential tool in all biology research

The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can ...
StamfordAdvocate

Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it’s a routine and essential tool in all biology research

(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 ...