Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-Of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Science Technology and Law, et al.

On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy surrounding so-called gain-of-function (GOF) research on respiratory pathogens with pandemic potential. The gain of function controversy began in late 2011 with the question of whether to publish the results of two experiments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309367832
• ISBN13: 9780309367837
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 140 Pages