Statement is a counterpoint to recent calls for restrictions on gain-of-function research.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said this week that the safety of gain-of-function (GOF) studies like a recent one involving the generation of a 1918-like influenza virus merits more public discussion, given the obligation of researchers to "first do no harm."
The NSABB chair says delays in developing a DURC policy have been to blame.
Almost half of the board's voting members learned they will soon be replaced.
Their consensus statement calls for better tools to weigh risks and benefits.
In addition to recent problems with anthrax and smallpox, high-path avian flu has now entered the mix.
UW calls a recent UK newspaper story biased and largely wrong.
Thomas Jeffries, PhD, said the studies increase, rather than lower, the risk of a pandemic.
Suriname health officials yesterday said more chikungunya infections have been detected, suggesting the possibility of local transmission, Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) reported today.
The CDC is monitoring and providing antibiotics to about 75 staffers over Bacillus anthracis concerns.