Silence by André Goffinet The commentary by Popescu et al. expresses concern that gain-of-function research has gotten a bad rap. The commentary first notes that gain-of-function research describes a wide array of genetic methods, including the use of fluorescent proteins in basic research, the creation of mouse models for studying disease, and the creation of...

At Biosafety Now, our vision is a future free of lab-created pandemics. These may arise as a result of human error, which is exceedingly common in legitimate, regulated laboratories as catalogued by the American Biological Safety Association. If such an accident involves a highly transmissible pathogen, a pandemic may arise. Lab-created pandemics can arise from error...