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Why Gain-of-Function Research Should Be Banned

  • June 04, 2020

Gain-of-Function experiments involve taking a relatively benign virus and adding factors to it that can make it more dangerous. In this interview, Stuart Newman, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and anatomy and founding member of the Council for Responsible Genetics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, discusses the pros and cons of whether these types of research should be banned. Historically, these experiments were banned temporarily in 2014 when the funding for them was suspended. But Dr. Anthony...