An influential advisory board to the National Institutes of Health on Friday released a draft report urging intensified government oversight of experiments on dangerous pathogens.
released last fall, which said the definition of “enhanced potential pandemic pathogens” should cover not only the most lethal viruses and bacteria, but also ones that are not terribly deadly but are extremely transmissible — a description that fits the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
The report also acknowledges the erosion of trust in laboratory research, driven in part by the debate over the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and associated fears that virologists have been reckless in how they manipulate pathogens in laboratories. The controversy over the origin of the virus has drawn attention to the murky process of government oversight of potentially risky experiments.
NIH said the review was not in response to fears that SARS-CoV-2 might have emerged from laboratory research. And many researchers have said in recent months that they welcome clarity in the guidelines.“I don’t think the pandemic started with a lab leak, but I think we can talk about wanting more or different biosafety regulations,” Stephen Goldstein of the University of Utah said in a recent interview.
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