"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.
As someone with ethics, and fighting for ethics, I thought you may be interested in a major ethics fail/horror story in your chosen field:
https://stylman.substack.com/p/we-could-we-should-we-must
https://myrauk.substack.com/p/avian-influenza-in-humans?r=ylgqf&utm_medium=ios
Regarding the Ron Fouchier GOF study in ferrets it should also be emphasised that there was a massive loss of viral fitness when serial passage in ferrets was done.
There are huge gaps in our knowledge on birdflu. See the Substack above.
As someone with ethics, and fighting for ethics, I thought you may be interested in a major ethics fail/horror story in your chosen field:
https://stylman.substack.com/p/we-could-we-should-we-must
https://myrauk.substack.com/p/avian-influenza-in-humans?r=ylgqf&utm_medium=ios
Regarding the Ron Fouchier GOF study in ferrets it should also be emphasised that there was a massive loss of viral fitness when serial passage in ferrets was done.
There are huge gaps in our knowledge on birdflu. See the Substack above.