Proposed new rules aim to reduce risks of a pathogen escaping from a lab, or being used as a bioweapon.
Federally funded scientists who work with potentially harmful bacteria, viruses, and other agents could soon face a major expansion of U.S. government oversight. An expert group last week recommended broadening rules that require universities and funding agencies to determine whether proposed studies count as dual-use research—work that carries the risk of intentionally or accidentally creating a bioweapon. Currently, such reviews are only required for experiments involving 15 dangerous agents.
NSABB’s chair, however, downplayed such concerns. “We … suspect this will be a very small subset of research that would ultimately require a full [dual-use] review,” said Gerald Parker, a biosecurity expert at Texas A&M University, College Station. If funding agencies adopt the policy, he said, they will need to clarify how they plan to prevent it from hampering research.
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