gain-of-function research

noun

Medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.

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Meanings

noungain-of-function research (countable and uncountable, plural gain-of-function researches)

plural gain-of-function researches

  1. countableuncountablebiologyMedical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.
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