Anice C. Lowen

Sep 24, 2024 | nature.com | Thomas Peacock |Ksenia Sukhova |James O. Lloyd-Smith |Anice C. Lowen

AbstractInfluenza A viruses have caused more documented global pandemics in human history than any other pathogen1,2. High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses belonging to the H5N1 subtype are a leading pandemic risk.

May 8, 2023 | caledonianrecord.com | Anice C. Lowen

The term "gain of function" is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can result in variants that gain the ability to infect people but this does not necessarily mean the research is dangerous or that it is not fruitful. Concerns have focused on lab research on the virus that causes bird flu in 2012 and on the virus that causes COVID-19 since 2020.