Defusing a Biological Bomb.

• Autores: Marc Lipsitch
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 312, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 14-14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The author argues that a pause in U.S. federal funding for experiments that make influenza viruses and certain coronaviruses more contagious should be made permanent. Such gain-of-function experiments, he says, can involve potential pandemic pathogens whose accidental release could be catastrophic on a global scale.