Despite the importance of GoF modifications, they have sometimes faced misplaced concerns or opposition that could lead to their being overregulated or even banned.

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...

Calls for a paradigm shift in psychiatry, away from a classical medical model, are growing stronger. One proposal involves replacing the current system based on diagnostic categories, defined in terms ...