[ahartmetz]

GoF pro: might help in some case, to the best of our knowledge never did. (Some scientists like their deadly toys!)

GoF contra: might cause a pandemic, kill millions, probably did.

So, yeah, I don't know, tough decision.

[llamaimperative]

All sorts of medicines are manufactured using GoF'd E. coli. We need a tighter definition of "bad" GoF.

[ahartmetz]

I guess research along the lines of "What if this microorganism was more dangerous (infectious, resistant, damaging) - well, let's try that!"