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 ...

and directing HHS to suspend ongoing gain-of-function experiments until a new, more permanent policy could be issued. Two days after the White House order, the NIH—the primary funder of life science ...

Gain-of-function research became controversial during the COVID-19 pandemic. But without it, “we’re just flying in the dark” when it comes to H5N1, said Felicia Goodrum, a molecular virologist at the ...

Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. The behavior of senior officials at the National Institute of Allergy and ...

Gain-of-function experiments are often associated with studies that raise the risk of dangerous viral "lab leaks." But in reality, they're a key aspect of many lines of research across biology and not ...

Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus. By Benjamin Mueller and Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...

Longevity research is intersecting with crypto through Aubrai, a decentralized science (DeSci) and AI agent launched this week on Base as part of the Bio Protocol. Decentralized science, or DeSci, ...