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'''"Gain-of-function" research''' is the modification of naturally occurring [[viruses]] in order to make them more deadly and/or more contagious, especially in humans.
 
 
 
==Temporary moratorium==
 
Safety concerns lead to the banning of "Gain-of-function" research on [[Coronavirus|coronaviruses]] in the US in [[2014]], but it "came roaring back under [[Trump]] and [[Fauci]]" in [[2017]].{{cn}} [[Marc Lipsitch]] commented that this sort of research had “done almost nothing to improve our preparedness for [[pandemics]], yet... risked creating an accidental pandemic.”<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html</ref>
 
 
 
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