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fromNature
4 days ago

Public trust in science has declined since COVID - virologists need to unite around safety standards

Urgent international standardized transparent biosafety guidance is needed because risky bat-coronavirus experiments were performed under BSL-2, undermining trust and politicizing virology.
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fromNature
2 weeks ago

Mirror of the unknown: should research on mirror-image molecular biology be stopped?

Mirror-image organisms composed of opposite chiral biomolecules could evade immunity, resist treatments, and harm ecosystems, warranting cautious restrictions and public engagement.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

Bird Flu Vaccines Are under Development at Biosecure Laboratories like This

The team at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is gearing up in full protective gear before entering a BSL-3 facility to work with H5N1, SARS-CoV-2, and tuberculosis.
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