dual-use research
Beneficial-or-dangerous studies
Dual-use research is scientific work that could serve both beneficial and harmful purposes.
The term appears most often in discussions of biosecurity and weapons development—research on pathogens might advance medicine or enable bioterrorism.
The committee flagged the gain-of-function experiments as dual-use research of concern.
The category forces scientists and policymakers to weigh knowledge against risk.
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
- gain of functionEngineered increase in capability
- gain-of-functionAcquired new capability
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
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dual-use researchdefense research
Study advancing national security
classified research · medical research · agricultural research · public health research
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