Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. We begin with the massive rescue effort and growing humanitarian crisis off the coast of libya. The Italian Coast Guard says it has saved more than 4,200 migrants in 22 separate ocean rescue operations over the past 24 hours. The migrants are trying to reach europe, to escape war, poverty and persecution in africa and the mideast. But smugglers are putting them on ships which end up stranded in rough seas. More than 78,000 migrants have reportedly reached european shores since january. Most are scattered throughout italy and greece. While the british, b
Involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learned about the potential risks of this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on the subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and with that the definition of gain of function research is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 seo review committee. This was a committee set up to study penitential pandemic pathogens. We will discuss the responsibility for how we determine the risk and benefits. We will also discuss how the committee operates, how the Committee Approves or denies objects from receiving federal funding based on whether the pathogen is considered to be a critical source, of potential human pandemic and if the potential risks as compared to the potential benefits to
Involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learned about the potential risks of this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on the subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and with that the definition of gain of function research is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 seo review committee. This was a committee set up to study penitential pandemic pathogens. We will discuss the responsibility for how we determine the risk and benefits. We will also discuss how the committee operates, how the Committee Approves or denies objects from receiving federal funding based on whether the pathogen is considered to be a critical source, of potential human pandemic and if the potential risks as compared to the potential benefits to
Involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learned about the potential risks of this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on the subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and with that the definition of gain of function research is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 seo review committee. This was a committee set up to study penitential pandemic pathogens. We will discuss the responsibility for how we determine the risk and benefits. We will also discuss how the committee operates, how the Committee Approves or denies objects from receiving federal funding based on whether the pathogen is considered to be a critical source, of potential human pandemic and if the potential risks as compared to the potential benefits to
Investigating gain of function research which involves the genetic modification of viruses and pathogens. Rand paul chaired the hearing and its an hour 45 minutes. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the emerging threat posed by game of function research. We will hear from a panel of three witnesses who are extraordinarily accomplished experts in the scientific community. We are grateful for their work and grateful to each of you for taking the time to appear with us this afternoon. Game of function research is a Scientific Research method involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them new ability. The site despite what we learned about this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on this subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and whether the definition the definition is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 Co Review Committ