Covid-19 research misrepresented as developing deadly new strain
that he considers the research"gain of function" that should have been disclosed. However, his"bottom line" assessment was that"there is at least a reasonable risk-benefit argument in their favor, if done in proper biocontainment."
BU's statement said the research"was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee , which consists of scientists as well as local community members."DiRita, who is also the former president of the American Society for Microbiology, said:"It appears that they maintained strict and appropriate biosafety-level 3 precautions."
However, in a statement emailed to AFP on October 21, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , part of the National Institutes of Health , said it was"examining the matter to determine whether the research conducted was subject to the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
To make it more dangerous"you would have to give it a new function without impairing another function," he said.
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