Gain of Function

Gain of Function, 1, 2025 is a comprehensive biology reference published by Other Publisher. Description By Nicholas G. Evans How a small number of risky experiments creates many unwieldy problems for life science research.The life sciences have never been more critical to human health, wealth, and security.

Key Features

- How a small number of risky experiments creates many unwieldy problems for life science research.The life sciences have never been more critical to human health, wealth, and…
- But with any endeavor comes risk, and the last decade has seen concerns raised about gain-of function-research in which a microbe, usually a virus, is given new properties like…
- In 2021 the term seeped into the tabloids when a conflict between Senator Rand Paul and Dr
- Anthony Fauci arose over the origins of COVID-19
- In Gain of Function, Nicholas Evans—who has spent his career studying gain-of-function research—describes what this kind of research is, what it isn’t, and why a small number of…
- He tells the story of the original papers that sparked controversy more than a decade ago, unpacking them for readers unfamiliar with virology research, and he identifies where…
- He then turns to the history of policies that attempt to regulate gain-of-function research, the current controversies, and the ethics of risky research

Product Details

Publisher: Other Publisher
Edition: 1
Published Year: 2025
Format: Publisher PDF
File Size: 5.2 MB
ISBN: 978-0262551359, 9780262381727