美国治理政策的演变,用于使用具有增强流行病潜力的病原体进行研究
1RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
概括
自2012年以来,针对增强的潜在流行病原体 (ePPPs) 的政策已经发展. 最新的美国政策要求利益证明,但忽略了新型流行病原体的关键风险预防原则.
科学领域:
- 生物安全和公共卫生政策
- 传染病研究监督 传染病研究监督
- 功能获取研究法规 功能获取研究
背景情况:
- 2012年,人们对增强病原体传播能力的研究产生了担忧,这导致了对高后果传染病研究的政策制定.
- 监督政策涉及"功能增益研究关注点"",增强潜在的流行病原体" (ePPP) 和"具有增强流行病潜力的病原体" (PEPP).
研究的目的:
- 审查美国政策的演变,管理高后果,政府资助的涉及具有增强流行病潜力的病原体的研究.
- 分析这些监督政策中的共同特征,缺点,挑战和模两可.
主要方法:
- 政策审查和对政府资助的研究监督框架的比较分析.
- 检查导致2024年美国政府政策的历史发展,以监督双重用途研究的关注和病原体与增强的流行病潜力.
主要成果:
- 政策制定了需要高级别审查和资助原则的后续研究活动的标准.
- 2024年政策,就像其前身一样,仅适用于政府资助的研究,并要求PEPP研究的利益风险合理化.
结论:
- 2024年政策要求通过新的法规或立法将监督范围扩大到私人资助的研究.
- 2024年政策的一个关键缺失是,没有一个原则可以防止创建具有很少独立流行病可能性的新型流行病原体.
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