Synthetic horsepox viruses and the continuing debate about dual use research

Ryan S Noyce; David H Evans

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007025

Synthetic horsepox viruses and the continuing debate about dual use research

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Oct 4;14(10):e1007025. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007025. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Authors

Ryan S Noyce^{1

2}, David H Evans^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dual Use Research*
Humans
Orthopoxvirus*
Poxviridae Infections / prevention & control*
Synthetic Biology*

Grants and funding

The HPXV project is supported by funding from Tonix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Long-term research support from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation is also gratefully acknowledged. These funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of this manuscript.