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House lawmakers late Tuesday voted to attach a U.S. ban on controversial infectious disease research to legislation that could ultimately fund federal health agencies like the National Institutes of Health.
The bill would bar any federal agencies from funding so-called gain-of-function research, which involves altering a pathogen to study its spread, potentially making it more transmissible or severe in the process.
The spending bill already included a restriction on funding this research in any country determined to be a “foreign adversary,” including China. Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology studied gain-of-function in some viruses, fueling theories that the COVID-19 pathogen was a lab leak.
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Via https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/15/gain-of-function-research-limit/
The Most Revolutionary Act 
Totally unenforceable. Congress should stick to finding the money to
pay its current obligations and reign in its desire to practice medicine on viruses. Let China pay for its own gain-of-function research.
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Personally, it does my heart good, when Congress endeavors to play the role assigned them by the US Constitution, which includes refusing to fund gain-of-function research.
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