Digital technologies bring the science of learning to a critical crossroad. With a lack of high-quality, evidence-based data ...

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...

FOUR years ago a series of essays under the title “The Frustration of Science”, to which Prof. J. D. Bernal himself contributed one on “Science and Industry”, bore witness to the sense of social ...

Section 1. Purpose. Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects ...

Gain-of-function research (GOFR) refers to the serial passaging of microorganisms to increase their transmissibility, virulence, immunogenicity, and host tropism by applying selective pressure to a ...

Medical Doctor. Interdisciplinary Lecturer. PhD Student, History and Philosophy of Science., University of Sydney The scientific worldview has made great contributions to humanity’s flourishing. But, ...

Talk of “gain-of-function” research, a muddy category at best, brings up deep questions about how scientists should study viruses and other pathogens. By Carl Zimmer and James Gorman At a Senate ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.