Underprotection of Unpredictable Statistical Lives Compared to Predictable Ones. Author(s): Lipsitch M, Evans NG, Cotton-Barratt O|Journal: Risk Anal|PMID: 27393181| May 2017 Existing ethical discussion considers the differences in care for identified versus statistical lives. However, there has been little attention to…
The ethics of biosafety considerations in gain-of-function research resulting in the creation of potential pandemic pathogens. Author(s): Evans NG, Lipsitch M, Levinson M|Journal: J Med Ethics|PMID: 26320212| November 2015 This paper proposes an ethical framework for evaluating biosafety risks of gain-of-function (GOF) experiments that create novel strains of influenza…
