Genetic modification of viruses and pathogens. Kentucky republican senator rand paul chaired the hearing. It is one hour and 45 minutes. We are going to go ahead and get started. I call this meeting of the Senate Homeland security and Government Affairs subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversights to order. I want to thank senator hassan for allowing this bipartisan hearing to occur. Welcome to each of our panelists. Thank you for joining us. The purpose of this hearing by the subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversights is to discuss, as our name implies the emerging threat posed by gain of research. We will hear from three witnesses, all of whom are extraordinarily accomplished experts in the scientific community. We are grateful for the work and we are grateful for each of you to take the time to appear with us this afternoon. Gain of function research is a controversial Scientific Research method involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new asp
Get started. I called this meeting of the Senate Homeland security and Government Affairs subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight to order. I want to thank senator hassan for allowing this bipartisan hearing to occur. Welcome to each of our panelists. Thank you for joining us. The purpose of this hearing by the subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight is to discuss, as our name implies, the emerging threat posed by gain of function research. We will hear from a panel of three witnesses, all of whom are extraordinarily accomplished experts in the Scientific Community. We are grateful for that work, and we are grateful to each of you for taking the time to appear here with us this afternoon. Gain of function research is a controversial Scientific Research method 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 learnedre about the potential risk
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Moor to my liking … the author enjoys the undulating vastness of Dartmoor. Photograph: Chris Moss
Moor to my liking … the author enjoys the undulating vastness of Dartmoor. Photograph: Chris Moss
It took our writer seven years to grasp the subtle drama of south Devon’s national park. As he prepares to leave the area, he shares some local knowledge and his favourite spots
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William Crossing wrote more than 15 books about Dartmoor, with titles including Amid Devonia’s Alps, The Land of Stream and Tor, and Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies. Needless to say, he adored the place. Born in Plymouth in 1847, Crossing lived in the villages of South Brent, Brentor and Mary Tavy, and over five decades got to know Dartmoor’s people, traditions, history and prehistory better than anyone. Though the leading chronicler of his time, he is nowhere near as famous today as Alfred Wainwright – just as Dartmoor isn’t as eulogised, romanticised or popular as the Lake Di