Bipartisan legislation seeks to freeze funding for gain-of-function research
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Members of Congress introduced bipartisan legislation to freeze federal funding for gain-of-function research.
Gain-of-function research seeks to find new ways to fight disease by rendering pathogens more infectious and lethal. "Overwhelming evidence suggests that this very research may have caused a deadly pandemic that upended the world."
The legislation follows a recent report from The Intercept indicating the United States funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), from which some believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus leaked. Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced renewed scrutiny from lawmakers regarding the involvement of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in providing funds to EcoHealth Alliance, which funded bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan lab.
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