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Mar 26, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Recent posts

AI-Designed Viruses: A Virologist’s Warning (In Defense of Virology - Episode 5)

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Published on Science From the Fringe • Jan 1

20:21

Red lines, Godot and context

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Dec 17, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

A viral reawakening in China

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Dec 10, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

Clean Out the Freezers (In Defense of Virology - Episode 4)

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Published on Science From the Fringe • Dec 9, 2025

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Top posts

Worobey et al., 2022 & Pekar et al., 2022 Retraction Requests

Jun 14, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Biosafety Now Congratulates Board Member Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on NIH Director Nomination

Nov 27, 2024 • Bryce Nickels

"Proximal Origins" Retraction Request #2

Jun 11, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Statements on New U.S. Gov't Policy

Sep 3, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Liu et al., 2020 Retraction Request

Jun 14, 2024

On Reading, by Dr. Wain-Hobson

Red lines, Godot and context

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Dec 17, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

A viral reawakening in China

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Dec 10, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

The Delphic toxin

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Nov 19, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

More dodging and deflecting

"On reading," by Simon Wain-Hobson, is a weekly discussion of scientific papers and news articles around gain of function research in virology.

Nov 12, 2025 • Simon Wain-Hobson

Biosafety Now

Biosafety Now

Essays on responsible research.

Letters

Crits-Christoph et al., 2024 Retraction Request

This post is the fifth in a series of documented calls for the retraction of scientifically unsound papers on the origin of COVID-19.

Sep 19, 2024 • Bryce Nickels

Statements on New U.S. Gov't Policy

Biosafety Now's Statements Opposing the New U.S. Government Policy on Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic…

Sep 3, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Letter to the Editor: The Nation

A counterpoint to "The New York Times is Failing its Readers Badly on Covid"

Jun 30, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Liu et al., 2020 Retraction Request

Request for Editorial Action for Liu et al. 2020 (June 14, 2024)

Jun 14, 2024

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News/Resources

Historic Biosafety Law Advances with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support!

The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) took a monumental step by passing Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) Risky Research Review…

Sep 25, 2024 • Bryce Nickels

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Richard Ebright's Testimony on the Origins of COVID-19

For the US Senate Hearing "Origins of COVID-19: An Examination of Available Evidence"

Jul 3, 2024 • Biosafety Now

Bryce Nickels & Jay Bhattacharya interview Rand Paul

Summary and transcript of the live interview with Senator Rand Paul on X.

Jun 17, 2024 • Biosafety Now

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