National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Dual Use Research of Concern in the Life Sciences: Current Issues and Controversies

Suggested Citation: "4 Committee Findings." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Dual Use Research of Concern in the Life Sciences: Current Issues and Controversies.
Michigan Technological University

Dual Use Research for Concern - Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (DURC-PEPP)

Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) is life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Dual Use Research of Concern: Options for Future Management

This consensus study committee examined the U.S. strategy for reducing biosecurity risks in life sciences research and considered mechanisms that would allow researchers to manage the dissemination of ...
EurekAlert!

Security-relevant research in times of geopolitical polarisation – Leopoldina and DFG joint committee presents fifth report

Research into pathogens or generative artificial intelligence can lead to knowledge, products or technologies which can also be used for harmful purposes (“dual use research”). In times of pandemics, ...
Kaleido Scope

Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (PEPP)

Update: Executive Order 14292, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research”, issued on May 5, 2025, has ordered a suspension of all federally funded dangerous gain-of-function research ...