Potential risks and benefits of gain-of-function research : summary of a workshop /

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 respirato...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharples, Frances Ellen (rapporteur.)
Autor Corporativo: Gain-of-Function Research (Symposium)
Otros Autores: Husbands, Jo L. (rapporteur.), Mazza, Anne-Marie (rapporteur.), Thevenon, Audrey (rapporteur.), Hook-Barnard, India (rapporteur.)
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Epidemics > United States > Prevention > Congresses.
Risk assessment.
Pandemics > prevention & control
Coronavirus > pathogenicity
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype > pathogenicity
Risk Assessment
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Risk assessment
Epidemics > Prevention
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Assessing risks and benefits
  • Gain-of-function research: background and alternatives
  • Potential benefits of gain-of-function research
  • Potential risks: biosafety and biosecurity
  • Policy implications
  • Key issues for risk/benefit assessment for gain-of-function research.

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