US to fund programmes to create the world's deadliest viruses

National Institute of Health in America (NIH), the world's largest biomedicine research agency, announced that it will end a 3-year-old moratorium to finance research projects to create more resistant and deadly pants than they are in their natural state.

This research, known as research on the use of genetic function, is said to require a step toward nature. By creating more resistant and easier supervirus to transmit scientists, scientists can study the way they experience and how genetic changes affect relationships with the host.

With this information, scientists can predict the natural birth of characteristics and develop antiviral drugs capable of avoiding a pandemic. Despite the fact that the preservation and use of deadly pantogens is managed under strict security measures, there is always danger of ending up in the wrong hands. Last year, former CIA Director John Brenan commented that there are biohazards of biological war agents, genetically manipulated, as one of America's main risks.

There is also the most banal possibility of human error that could result in the release of a superpatogen, such as in 2014 some federal labs were under strict control by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, since several virus, anthrax, and flu samples had not been treated correctly by laboratory personnel.

These kinds of incidents are common. In 2014 as a result of the investigation criticism, the Obama administration ended the NIH financing until they set a stronger agenda for risks and potential benefits.

In 2016, National Science Board for Bioscurity (NSABB) presented a preliminary report showing that research into genetic benefits posed no serious threat to public health.

This study ended after the publication of a 1000-page report, where potential risks such as the possibility of breaking a handle into the laboratory or even entering a criminal. While alertness is high, not all are convinced that researching the benefits of genetic function is worthwhile. Harvard epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch commented on the magazine “Nature” that these types of research have done nothing to improve our organization in cases of pandemic, rather, they risk creating an accidental pandemic. / world.al