主要研究人员负责标记具有双重用途或流行病风险的研究
1Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
概括
美国关于双重用途研究的新政策使研究人员对审查负有责任. 虽然有风险,但这种方法符合现有的监督模型,可能对长期生物安全至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生物安全和生物安全.
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 科学研究伦理学 科学研究伦理学
背景情况:
- 美国政府已经出台了一项新的政策,用于监督双重用途的关注研究 (DURC) 和具有增强流行病潜力的病原体.
- 该政策将首席研究员指定为首要负责人,负责确定对其研究进行特别审查的必要性.
- 这种由研究人员驱动的方法面临挑战,原因是科学界,特别是病毒学家的潜在利益冲突和反对.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地评估美国政府对双重用途研究的监督的新政策,关注和增强流行病潜力的病原体.
- 评估将首要责任放在主要调查人员身上,以标记需要特别审查的研究的风险和好处.
- 为成功实施这一新的监督政策提出必要的先决条件.
主要方法:
- 本评论分析了美国政府关于双重用途研究的拟议政策.
- 它检查了与研究人员自我评估和科学界反对有关的潜在风险.
- 评论与关于人类和动物的研究监督的既定模型进行了平行.
主要成果:
- 政策依赖调查人员的自我评估带来了重大风险,因为调查人员可能有激励措施来最大限度地降低潜在风险.
- 尽管存在这些风险,但研究人员驱动的方法被认为与经过验证的研究监督模式更一致.
- 该政策的长期成功取决于几个在法规中不完全详细的先决条件.
结论:
- 美国关于双重用途研究的新政策令人担忧,虽然可能有风险,但与已建立的道德监督框架保持一致.
- 成功实施需要对研究人员培训,机构支持,文化转变和高效的审查流程进行大量投资.
- 积极的措施,包括对双重使用和人口级生物安全风险的强有力的培训,对于有效的监督至关重要.
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