I applaud the administration for these efforts. I think it's an excellent step to keep Americans and the world safe and prevent the next pandemic. And I am concerned about unsupervised high risk research right here at home, though specifically I am concerned about what we can do to protect against the misuse of desktop gene synthesizers. I am a fan of innovation in technology and healthcare. It can do amazing things and these devices have the potential to do good to advance research. (01:10–01:25)
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Expresses concern about the misuse of desktop gene synthesizers in the U.S.
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