Sentence examples for moratorium on research from inspiring English sources
A few years ago I called for a moratorium on research on these animals, arguing that many researchers are extremely intelligent and clever and have dealt with numerous challenging questions.
World-leading H5N1 researchers agreed to a voluntary, temporary moratorium on research to allow for international discussion (5).
But last month, publication of Fouchier's research in Science and Nature was sidelined at the urging of the United States' National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), and last week 39 avian flu researchers, including Fouchier's team, agreed to a 60-day moratorium on research and testing altogether.
After a self-imposed moratorium on research, opinion tilted towards full publication.
A second group writing in the journal Nature went further, suggesting a moratorium on research where human germ cells are edited for fear of where it might lead.
The ensuing furore led scientists to enact a self-imposed moratorium on research into new transmissible strains of H5N1, which remains in force with no specified end date.
He just wants to point out that moratoria on research, by definition, impede scientific freedom, and that, in turn, threatens transparency".
The scientists published their first papers last year in two leading journals, Science and Nature, after agreeing to a voluntary moratorium on further research until governments and research organizations could decide on ground rules to protect the public.
There is already a moratorium on unsafe research and we don't need a further moratorium on unsafe gene editing research.
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation said it also was honoring Dr. Brenner for his trenchant wit, his rational voice in allaying fears that research on genetic engineering would create dangerous microbes and for his role in ending a moratorium on such research in 1974.
On the heels of the NSABB decision, 39 influenza researchers including Fouchier and Kawaoka voluntarily agreed to a 60-day moratorium on H5N1 research, which was later informally extended.
