Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse

Felicia Goodrum; Anice C. Lowen; Seema Lakdawala; James Alwine; Arturo Casadevall; Michael J. Imperiale; Walter Atwood; Daphne Avgousti; Joel Baines; Bruce Banfield; Lawrence Banks; Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh; Deepta Bhattacharya; Daniel Blanco-Melo; David Bloom; Adrianus Boon; Steeve Boulant; Curtis Brandt; Andrew Broadbent; Christopher Brooke; Craig Cameron; Samuel Campos; Patrizia Caposio; Gary Chan; Anna Cliffe; John Coffin; Kathleen Collins; Blossom Damania; Matthew Daugherty; Kari Debbink; James DeCaprio; Terence Dermody; Jimmy Dikeakos; Daniel DiMaio; Rhoel Dinglasan; W. Paul Duprex; Rebecca Dutch; Nels Elde; Michael Emerman; Lynn Enquist; Bentley Fane; Ana Fernandez-Sesma; Michelle Flenniken; Lori Frappier; Matthew Frieman; Klaus Frueh; Michaela Gack; Marta Gaglia; Tom Gallagher; Denise Galloway; Adolfo García-Sastre; Adam Geballe; Britt Glaunsinger; Stephen Goff; Alexander Greninger; Meaghan Hancock; Eva Harris; Nicholas Heaton; Mark Heise; Ekaterina Heldwein; Brenda Hogue; Stacy Horner; Edward Hutchinson; Joseph Hyser; William Jackson; Robert Kalejta; Jeremy Kamil; Stephanie Karst; Frank Kirchhoff; David Knipe; Timothy Kowalik; Michael Lagunoff; Laimonis Laimins; Ryan Langlois; Adam Lauring; Benhur Lee; David Leib; Shan Lu Liu; Richard Longnecker; Carolina Lopez; Micah Luftig; Jennifer Lund; Balaji Manicassamy; Grant McFadden; Michael McIntosh; Andrew Mehle; W. Allen Miller; Ian Mohr; Cary Moody; Nathaniel Moorman; Anne Moscona; Bryan Mounce; Joshua Munger; Karl Münger; Eain Murphy; Mojgan Naghavi; Jay Nelson; Christopher Neufeldt; Janko Nikolich; Christine O'Connor; Akira Ono; Walter Orenstein; David Ornelles; Jing Hsiung Ou; John Parker; Colin Parrish; Andrew Pekosz; Philip Pellett; Julie Pfeiffer; Richard Plemper; Stephen Polyak; John Purdy; Dohun Pyeon; Miguel Quinones-Mateu; Rolf Renne; Charles Rice; John Schoggins; Richard Roller; Charles Russell; Rozanne Sandri-Goldin; Martin Sapp; Luis Schang; Scott Schmid; Stacey Schultz-Cherry; Bert Semler; Thomas Shenk; Guido Silvestri; Viviana Simon; Gregory Smith; Jason Smith; Katherine Spindler; Megan Stanifer; Kanta Subbarao; Wesley Sundquist; Mehul Suthar; Troy Sutton; Andrew Tai; Vera Tarakanova; Benjamin tenOever; Scott Tibbetts; Stephen Tompkins; Zsolt Toth; Koenraad van Doorslaer; Marco Vignuzzi; Nicholas Wallace; Derek Walsh; Michael Weekes; Jason Weinberg; Matthew Weitzman; Sandra Weller; Sean Whelan; Elizabeth White; Bryan Williams; Christiane Wobus; Scott Wong; Andrew Yurochko

doi:10.1128/mbio.00188-23

Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse

Felicia Goodrum
, Anice C. Lowen
, Seema Lakdawala
, James Alwine
, Arturo Casadevall
, Michael J. Imperiale
, Walter Atwood
, Daphne Avgousti
, Joel Baines
, Bruce Banfield
, Lawrence Banks
, Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh
, Deepta Bhattacharya
, Daniel Blanco-Melo
, David Bloom
, Adrianus Boon
, Steeve Boulant
, Curtis Brandt
, Andrew Broadbent
, Christopher Brooke

Craig Cameron, Samuel Campos, Patrizia Caposio, Gary Chan, Anna Cliffe, John Coffin, Kathleen Collins, Blossom Damania, Matthew Daugherty, Kari Debbink, James DeCaprio, Terence Dermody, Jimmy Dikeakos, Daniel DiMaio, Rhoel Dinglasan, W. Paul Duprex, Rebecca Dutch, Nels Elde, Michael Emerman, Lynn Enquist, Bentley Fane, Ana Fernandez-Sesma, Michelle Flenniken, Lori Frappier, Matthew Frieman, Klaus Frueh, Michaela Gack, Marta Gaglia, Tom Gallagher, Denise Galloway, Adolfo García-Sastre, Adam Geballe, Britt Glaunsinger, Stephen Goff, Alexander Greninger, Meaghan Hancock, Eva Harris, Nicholas Heaton, Mark Heise, Ekaterina Heldwein, Brenda Hogue, Stacy Horner, Edward Hutchinson, Joseph Hyser, William Jackson, Robert Kalejta, Jeremy Kamil, Stephanie Karst, Frank Kirchhoff, David Knipe, Timothy Kowalik, Michael Lagunoff, Laimonis Laimins, Ryan Langlois, Adam Lauring, Benhur Lee, David Leib, Shan Lu Liu, Richard Longnecker, Carolina Lopez, Micah Luftig, Jennifer Lund, Balaji Manicassamy, Grant McFadden, Michael McIntosh, Andrew Mehle, W. Allen Miller, Ian Mohr, Cary Moody, Nathaniel Moorman, Anne Moscona, Bryan Mounce, Joshua Munger, Karl Münger, Eain Murphy, Mojgan Naghavi, Jay Nelson, Christopher Neufeldt, Janko Nikolich, Christine O'Connor, Akira Ono, Walter Orenstein, David Ornelles, Jing Hsiung Ou, John Parker, Colin Parrish, Andrew Pekosz, Philip Pellett, Julie Pfeiffer, Richard Plemper, Stephen Polyak, John Purdy, Dohun Pyeon, Miguel Quinones-Mateu, Rolf Renne, Charles Rice, John Schoggins, Richard Roller, Charles Russell, Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, Martin Sapp, Luis Schang, Scott Schmid, Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Bert Semler, Thomas Shenk, Guido Silvestri, Viviana Simon, Gregory Smith, Jason Smith, Katherine Spindler, Megan Stanifer, Kanta Subbarao, Wesley Sundquist, Mehul Suthar, Troy Sutton, Andrew Tai, Vera Tarakanova, Benjamin tenOever, Scott Tibbetts, Stephen Tompkins, Zsolt Toth, Koenraad van Doorslaer, Marco Vignuzzi, Nicholas Wallace, Derek Walsh, Michael Weekes, Jason Weinberg, Matthew Weitzman, Sandra Weller, Sean Whelan, Elizabeth White, Bryan Williams, Christiane Wobus, Scott Wong, Andrew Yurochko

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Viruses have brought humanity many challenges: respiratory infection, cancer, neurological impairment and immunosuppression to name a few. Virology research over the last 601 years has responded to reduce this disease burden with vaccines and antivirals. Despite this long history, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the field of virology. Some of this attention is focused on concern about the safe conduct of research with human pathogens. A small but vocal group of individuals has seized upon these concerns - conflating legitimate questions about safely conducting virus-related research with uncertainties over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The result has fueled public confusion and, in many instances, ill-informed condemnation of virology. With this article, we seek to promote a return to rational discourse. We explain the use of gain-of-function approaches in science, discuss the possible origins of SARS-CoV-2 and outline current regulatory structures that provide oversight for virological research in the United States. By offering our expertise, we - a broad group of working virologists - seek to aid policy makers in navigating these controversial issues. Balanced, evidence-based discourse is essential to addressing public concern while maintaining and expanding much-needed research in virology.

Original language	English
Journal	mBio
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00188-23
State	Published - Jan 2023

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Copyright © 2023 Goodrum et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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The opinions expressed reflect those of the authors, and not necessarily the opinions of ASM, the authors' institutions, or funding agencies. We acknowledge Johnny Chang for his assistance with graphics. No funding was used to support this commentary, but we wish to disclose funding from agencies received by authors. JCA None WJA NIH DCA NIH JDB NIH BWB CIHR, NSERC LB Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, ICGEB SBM NIH DB NIH, Private Foundation DBM Private Foundation DCB NIH, Private Foundation ACB NIH SB None CRB NIH, NSF, Private Foundation AJB USDA, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK CBB NIH, DOD CEC NIH SKC NIH PC NIH AC NIH GCC NIH ARC NIH, Private Foundation JMC NIH KC NIH BD NIH MDD NIH, Burroughs Wellcome Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Program KD None JAD NIH, Private Foundation TSD NIH, Private Foundation, Heinz Endowments JDD Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada DD NIH RRD NIH, USDA, Private Foundation WPD NIH, Zoetis LLC, Moderna, Coalition for Epidemics Preparedness Initiatives (CEPI) RED NIH NCE NIH, Howard Hughes Medical Institute ME NIH LWE None BAF NSF AFS NIH MLF NSF, USDA, Private Foundation LF Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) MBF NIH, Novavax, Astrazeneca, Pfizer, BARDA, Eli Lilly KF NIH, DOD, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation MUG NIH MMG NIH, Private Foundation TG NIH DG NIH, Private Foundation AG-S NIH, DOD, Private Foundation APG NIH BAG NIH, Howard Hughes Medical Institute SPG NIH, Private Foundation FG NIH ALG None MHH NIH EH NIH NSH NIH, DOD, Private Foundation MTH NIH EEH NIH, Private Foundation BGH NIH, NSF SMH NIH ECH UK Medical Research Council, UK Medical Research Council JMH NIH MJI NIH, Via Nova Therapeutics WTJ NIH RFK NIH JPK NIH SMK NIH FK German research foundation (DFG), European research council (ERC) DMK NIH TK NIH, Moderna ML NIH LL NIH SSL NIH RAL NIH ASL NIH, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Flu Lab, CDC BL NIH, NSF, Private Foundation DAL NIH SL NIH, Private donor's fund, Ohio State. startup fund RML NIH CBL NIH ACL NIH, Private Foundation MAL NIH JML NIH BM NIH GM NIH MTM NIH, DHS AMehle NIH, Private Foundation WAM NIH, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University IM NIH CM NIH NJM NIH AMoscona NIH BCM NIH KM NIH JCM NIH EAM NIH MHN NIH JAN NIH CJN None JZN NIH CMO None AO NIH WAO NIH, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation DAO NIH, Private Foundation JHJO NIH JSP NIH CRP NIH, Private Foundation AP NIH, Private Foundation, CDC PEP NIH JKP NIH, Private Foundation RKP NIH, DOD, Gilead Sciences, Enanta Pharmaceuticals SJP None JGP NIH DP NIH, Private Foundation MQM NIH, Private Foundation RR NIH CMR NIH, Private Foundation RJR NIH CJR NIH RS-G NIH MS NIH LMS NIH, Cornell University, Private donors, Fast Grants SS None JWS NIH SSC NIH, Private Foundation BLS NIH TS NIH, DOD GS NIH, Private Foundation VS NIH, Private Foundation GAS NIH, USDA JGS NIH KRS NIH MLS start-up funds from the University of Florida KS Australian government, NHRMC WIS NIH MSS NIH TCS NIH, USDA AWT NIH VLT NIH, Private Foundation BT NIH, DOD, Private Foundation SAT NIH SMT NIH ZT NIH KVD NIH, Private Foundation MV None NAW NIH DW NIH MPW Medical Research Council, UK (MR/W025647/1); UKRI mpox research consortium (BB/X011143/1) JBW NIH MDW NIH SKW NIH EAW NIH, Private Foundation SPJW NIH, Private Foundation, USAID, Vir Biotechnology BRGW Private Foundation CEW NIH, University of Michigan SWW NIH ADY NIH. T.S.D.: Board of Directors, Burroughs Wellcome Fund; Editor, Annual Review of Virology. D.D. is on the scientific advisory board of Theriva. W.P.D. receives support from Moderna. M. F. receives funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Gates Foundation, Aikido Pharma, Emergent, Astrazeneca, Novavax, Regeneron, and the CDC, outside the submitted work. M. F. received royalties/licenses from Aikido Pharma for antiviral drug patent licensing, consulting fees from Aikido Pharma, Observatory Group, for consulting for COVID-19, and participation on Scientific Advisory Board for Aikido Pharma, outside the submitted work. K.F. has substantial financial interest in Vir Biotechnology, Inc., and is a co-founder of the company. K.F. is co-inventor of patents licensed to Vir and receives compensation for consulting for Vir. The potential conflicts of interest have been reviewed and managed by OHSU. D.G. is on the HPV Global Advisory Board for Merck. The A.G.-S. laboratory has received research support from GSK, Pfizer, Senhwa Biosciences, Kenall Manufacturing, Blade Therapeutics, Avimex, Johnson & Johnson, Dynavax, 7Hills Pharma, Pharmamar, ImmunityBio, Accurius, Nanocomposix, Hexamer, N-fold LLC, Model Medicines, Atea Pharma, Applied Biological Laboratories and Merck. A.G.-S. has consulting agreements for the following companies involving cash and/or stock: Castlevax, Amovir, Vivaldi Biosciences, Contrafect, 7Hills Pharma, Avimex, Pagoda, Accurius, Esperovax, Farmak, Applied Biological Laboratories, Pharmamar, CureLab Oncology, CureLab Veterinary, Synairgen and Pfizer. A.G.-S. has been an invited speaker in meeting events organized by Seqirus, Janssen, Abbott and Astrazeneca. A.G.-S. is inventor on patents and patent applications on the use of antivirals and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of virus infections and cancer, owned by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. B.A.G. is on the scientific advisory board for IMUNON. A.L.G. reports central testing contracts from Pfizer, Janssen, Novavax, Sanofi, Abbott, Hologic, Cepheid, and Quidel, and research support from Gilead.E.E.H.is co-founderof Thyreos Inc. E.C.H. has carried out research work in collaboration with AstraZeneca and received honoraria for consultancy work for the Center for Open Science and Seqirus. M.J.I. consults for Gilead Sciences and Via Nova Therapeutics. D.M.K. is a consultant, Replay Bio. T.K. receives funding from Moderna related to CMV. A.S.L. is a paid member of steering committee for clinical trial of baloxavir (Roche). A.C.L. is an inventor on the patent Influenza Vaccines and Uses Thereof, owned by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. G.M. is co-founder of a biotech company devoted to oncolytic virotherapy. W.A.M. is coinventor of a pending patent application on improved mRNA vaccines. A. Moscona is scientific founder of Thylacine Biotherapeutics, a startup company for antiviral therapeutics. J.A.N., Vir Biotechnology. W.A.O., uncompensated No funding was used to support this commentary, but we wish to disclose funding from agencies received by authors. 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Private Foundation APG NIH
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
N-fold LLC
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Eli Lilly KF NIH
CDC BL NIH
Gilead.E.E.H.is co-founderof Thyreos Inc.
Private Foundation LF Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Gilead Sciences
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious F32-AI286447 Cydney N. Johnson Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious R01AI168214 Jason W. Rosch Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious P30 Cydney N. Johnson Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious R00-AI166116 Christopher D. Radka Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious T32-AI106700 Cydney N. Johnson Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious R01AI192221 Jason W. Rosch Diseases National Inst...
Senhwa Biosciences
Zoetis
Private Foundation
MBF NIH
GlaxoSmithKline
Heinz Endowments JDD Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
H2020 European Research Council
Pfizer
Michigan Diabetes Research Center, University of Michigan
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
U.S. Department of Defense
UK Industrial Decarbonization Research and Innovation Centre	BB/X011143/1
Florida AandM University and Florida State University	MR/W025647/1

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Coronavirus
DURC
Gain of function
SARS-CoV-2
biosafety
influenza
pandemic
vaccines
zoonosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology
Virology

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Goodrum, F., Lowen, A. C., Lakdawala, S., Alwine, J., Casadevall, A., Imperiale, M. J., Atwood, W., Avgousti, D., Baines, J., Banfield, B., Banks, L., Bhaduri-McIntosh, S., Bhattacharya, D., Blanco-Melo, D., Bloom, D., Boon, A., Boulant, S., Brandt, C., Broadbent, A., ... Yurochko, A. (2023). Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse. mBio, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00188-23

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AU - Kirchhoff, Frank

AU - Knipe, David

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AU - Yurochko, Andrew

PY - 2023/1

Y1 - 2023/1

N2 - Viruses have brought humanity many challenges: respiratory infection, cancer, neurological impairment and immunosuppression to name a few. Virology research over the last 601 years has responded to reduce this disease burden with vaccines and antivirals. Despite this long history, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the field of virology. Some of this attention is focused on concern about the safe conduct of research with human pathogens. A small but vocal group of individuals has seized upon these concerns - conflating legitimate questions about safely conducting virus-related research with uncertainties over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The result has fueled public confusion and, in many instances, ill-informed condemnation of virology. With this article, we seek to promote a return to rational discourse. We explain the use of gain-of-function approaches in science, discuss the possible origins of SARS-CoV-2 and outline current regulatory structures that provide oversight for virological research in the United States. By offering our expertise, we - a broad group of working virologists - seek to aid policy makers in navigating these controversial issues. Balanced, evidence-based discourse is essential to addressing public concern while maintaining and expanding much-needed research in virology.

AB - Viruses have brought humanity many challenges: respiratory infection, cancer, neurological impairment and immunosuppression to name a few. Virology research over the last 601 years has responded to reduce this disease burden with vaccines and antivirals. Despite this long history, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the field of virology. Some of this attention is focused on concern about the safe conduct of research with human pathogens. A small but vocal group of individuals has seized upon these concerns - conflating legitimate questions about safely conducting virus-related research with uncertainties over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The result has fueled public confusion and, in many instances, ill-informed condemnation of virology. With this article, we seek to promote a return to rational discourse. We explain the use of gain-of-function approaches in science, discuss the possible origins of SARS-CoV-2 and outline current regulatory structures that provide oversight for virological research in the United States. By offering our expertise, we - a broad group of working virologists - seek to aid policy makers in navigating these controversial issues. Balanced, evidence-based discourse is essential to addressing public concern while maintaining and expanding much-needed research in virology.

KW - COVID-19

KW - Coronavirus

KW - DURC

KW - Gain of function

KW - SARS-CoV-2

KW - biosafety

KW - influenza

KW - pandemic

KW - vaccines

KW - zoonosis

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85149154376

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85149154376#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1128/mbio.00188-23

DO - 10.1128/mbio.00188-23

M3 - Review article

C2 - 36700642

AN - SCOPUS:85149154376

SN - 2161-2129

VL - 14

JO - mBio

JF - mBio

IS - 1

ER -

Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse

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