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John Moolenaar: “It appears that there's not a good test available [for TB…”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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John Moolenaar Grills NIH Official On Efforts To Deter CCP Influence On US Biomedical Research

Published | Video Starts at 00:45

And at the funeral, the family asked me to be sure this never happened again and that their family member's death wouldn't be in vain. And what I'm asking is, could the NIH research TB testing for cadavers? It appears that there's not a good test available [for TB testing in cadavers]. And so when someone gets a bone graft, it could be contaminated with TB and it could be a dental treatment, it could be a back surgery in this case. (00:45–00:52)

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Asserts the lack of an effective test for tuberculosis in cadavers.

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