Two American virologists with former ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) argue that the lab’s recent research poses ...

Only an honest conversation will lead us forward. Like any field with the potential to inflict harm on a global scale, research with dangerous, potentially supertransmissible pathogens cannot be ...

After a few dogged journalists, a small nonprofit pursuing Freedom of Information requests and an independent group of ...

Last week was the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Asilomar Summit, where scientists came together to establish guidelines for research with genetically modified microbes. Today many more discoveries and ...

Scientists have discovered a strategy to fight back against norovirus, a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Their new study identifies powerful antibodies capable of neutralizing a wide range ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a ...

There’s a central question that many scientists face: How can scientific discoveries drive humanity’s progress without posing ...