Per ⁦@nytimes⁩: “To develop the antibodies, Regeneron relied on 293T, a cell line derived from the kidney tissue of an aborted fetus in the 1970s.” thecut.com/2020/10/trump-…
“At least two companies racing to produce vaccines against the coronavirus, Moderna and AstraZeneca, also are using the cell line.” - @nytimes
“The Trump administration first cracked down on ‘new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions’ in summer 2019, limiting the federal funds available to critical NIH–partnered research projects like the University of California San Francisco’s work on an HIV cure.”
PS Remdesivir, which Trump also received, also was tested using these cells.

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