In the Oval Office on Monday, President Trump signed an executive order cracking down on gain-of-function research.
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00:00I saw the speaker. We have a number of executive orders for your attention today, sir. The first
00:04relates to gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research is a type of biomedical
00:09research where pathogens are, adulterated viruses are adulterated to make them more potent or to
00:16change the way that they function. Many people believe that gain-of-function research was one
00:22of the key causes of the COVID pandemic that struck us in the last decade. What this executive
00:29order does, first of all, it provides powerful new tools to enforce the ban on federal funding
00:35for gain-of-function research abroad. It also strengthens other oversight mechanisms related
00:41to that issue and creates an overarching strategy to ensure that biomedical research in general
00:48is being conducted safely and in a way that ultimately protects human health more.
00:54It's a big deal. It could have been that we wouldn't have had the problem we had.
00:57A lot of people say that, sir.
00:59If we had this done earlier. Thank you. Okay, go ahead.
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