It's this kind of dangerous gain of function research that he supported many scientists said was too dangerous to do. And this is why We've undertaken reforms to try to make sure that those kinds of experiments never again happen under the support of the NIH or the rest of the federal government. So explain what gain of function research actually is. Well, it's where you take a virus or some pathogen, some bug, and then you manipulate it genetically to make it more transmissible, more dangerous, so it more infects humans or might be even more lethal. (09:29–09:38)
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