Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...

Stanley is an associate professor and Richard and Rhoda Goldman distinguished chair in the biological sciences as well as faculty director for the Alliance for Global Health and Science at the ...

Study reveals that moderate fever temperatures (39°C) improve metabolism, proliferation, and effector function of CD4 T cells while reducing regulatory T cell suppression. Study: Subset-specific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long-debated science, also called “dual-use research,” consists of experiments on viruses and pathogens and extends into ...

On May 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with the seemingly benign title, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research.” A more accurate title would have been, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gripas Yuri/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The Trump administration is reportedly preparing an executive order curtailing funding of ...

Amid a series of executive orders, President Donald Trump is preparing to temporarily halt funding for gain of function research, a type of scientific study that has drawn increased scrutiny since the ...

In 2011, two teams of scientists created an uproar after revealing they had separately mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus to spread among ferrets through the air, something it didn’t do naturally. The ...

Most plagues that have troubled humanity came from animals. More than a decade ago, scientists demonstrated it was feasible to take natural viruses and potentially make them far worse—easier to spread ...

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