Rui-Han Zhang

A national framework for managing dual-use research of concern: integrating biosecurity, public health, and research governance

Dual-use research of concern (DURC)—legitimate life-science research that could be misapplied to cause significant harm—has become an increasingly urgent policy challenge. Advances in synthetic biology, gene editing, and artificial intelligence have expanded both the pace and diffusion of high-risk biological work, whi...