Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can ...

A fiery exchange between Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, during a congressional hearing on Tuesday is bringing attention once again to a type of ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to restrict funding for gain-of-function research, which official documents deemed as “dangerous” and a potential harbinger of ...

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch Dr. Siegel discuss this topic and more on "Fox & Friends" and "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday, May 6. Gain-of-function research has many purposes, including gauging the ...

In a party-line vote last evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stanford professor and medical researcher Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The confirmation of ...

Amid a series of executive orders, President Donald Trump is preparing to temporarily halt funding for gain of function research, a type of scientific study that has drawn increased scrutiny since the ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya celebrated President Trump's executive order preventing the U.S. government from funding viral "gain-of-function" research in foreign ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts ...