pathogen in a way for humans that could enhance its virulence or its transmissibility. is this sort of gain of function research, was it happening in wuhan? they re working on bats sars like viruses that have never been shown to cause human infection. he told the new york times my lab has never conducted the gain of function experiments. if the wuhan institute was somehow trying to manipulate a virus that occurred in nature to make it even more dangerous. the research predicts pandemics in the future. it wasn t to make viruses more dangerous. but maybe we re getting too hung up on the strict definition here.
partially funded by the n.i.h. sparked a debate that led to a 2014 moratorium by the obama administration. that pause was lifted in 2017. under new rules gain of function research was given a very specific definition. gain of function works with a potential pandemic pathogen in a way for humans that could enhance its transmissibility. is this sort of gain of function research, was it happening? they re working on bats sars like viruses that have never been shown. dr. shi told the new york times how they conducted experiments that enhance the viruses. some how they were trying to manipulate a virus that occurred