Two virologists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are facingcharges related to the alleged smuggling of non-infectious monkeypox virus (MPXV) and other biological samples into the United States, in a case that has become a flashpoint for legal and political concerns around biosecurity. The charges centre on samples that NIH scientists Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe were carrying when they arrived in Detroit, Michigan, in January after doing research in the Republic of the Congo. Samples tested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations as of 29 May contained MPXV DNA, according to a criminal complaint, but none were infectious. Such samples do not require an import permit but must be declared to federal officials. Arrests of scientists over smuggled samples add to US border anxiety According to the complaint, which was brought by the US Department of Justice, Munster and Kwe allegedly failed to declare the samples and then lied to officials about them. Both scientists have pleaded not guilty. Benton Martin, a federal community defender representing Kwe, who had his initial hearing last month, said that his client “is presumed innocent and we will await future proceedings before commenting further.” An attorney for Munster, who is...

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