Overseeing Gain of Function Research in the U.S.: New Insights in the Wake of COVID-19 Revelations (Part 5)

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Welcome to the final part of our series on Gain of Function Research (GOFR). This chapter highlights the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity’s (NSABB) newest recommendations, which seek to mitigate biosecurity and biosafety risks while advancing crucial research on potential pandemic pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic, with conjectures about a potential laboratory leak, has reinvigorated…