"Some scientists and officials in the Biden administration are pushing for more oversight..of risky bioresearch. One focus is laboratory work that enhances a pathogen or endows it with new properties—sometimes called 'gain-of-function' research"
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"The administration, looking for ways to better weigh the potential benefits of such research against the risks, is considering ideas that include forming a new entity to address global biosecurity."
"Another is to expand oversight of U.S.-funded research on pathogens beyond the current practice in which most projects are vetted by the same [conflict-of-interest-burdened ]agencies that fund or oversee them"
"'This is a high priority for us,' said Beth Cameron, senior director for Global Health Security and Biodefense at the US National Security Council. 'The pandemic was a..wake-up call about what ..infectious diseases can do, and where our vulnerabilities are in response.'"
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