{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"CD258: Gain of Function Research","description":"On August 3rd, Senate Republicans held a hearing examining gain of function research: its possible role in creating the COVID-19 pandemic; the problems with oversight of this dangerous research; and recommendations to Congress for how to fix those problems. Episode Transcript Please Support Congressional Dish \u2013 Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank\u2019s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Watch Jen\u2019s Interview on CSPAN!!! Background Sources Gain-of-function Research Talha Burki. Feb 1, 2018. \u201cBan on gain-of-function studies ends.\u201d The Lancet Infectious Diseases 18(2): pp 148-149. \u201cFramework for Guiding Funding Decisions about Proposed Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens.\u201d 2017. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Michael J. Selgelid. Aug 8, 2016. \u201cGain-of-Function Research: Ethical Analysis.\u201d Science and Engineering Ethics 22(4): pp 923-964. Sara Reardon. October 22, 2014. \u201cUS suspends risky disease research.\u201d Nature 514: pp 411-412. \u201cDoing Diligence to Assess the Risks and Benefits of Life Sciences Gain-of-Function Research.\u201d Oct 17, 2014. The White House Blog. Board on Life Sciences; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Committee on Science, Technology, and Law; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Health Sciences Policy; National Research Council; Institute of Medicine. April 13, 2015. \u201cPotential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop.\u201d National Academies Press. Marc Lipsitch. Jun 29, 2014. \u201cAnthrax? That\u2019s Not the Real Worry.\u201d The New York Times. COVID-19 Origin Theories Gary Ruskin. Sep 14, 2022. \u201cKey articles on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs.\u201d U.S. Right to Know. Alina Chan. Jul 30, 2022. \u201cThe evidence for a natural vs lab origin of Covid-19.\u201d Medium. Maria Cheng and Janey Keaten. Jun 9, 2022. \u201cWHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study.\u201d AP News. \u201cWHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO): preliminary report.\u201d Jun 9, 2022. World Health Organization. Carl Zimmer and James Gorman. Updated Oct 13, 2021. \u201cA Group of Scientists Presses a Case Against the Lab Leak Theory of Covid.\u201d The New York Times. Richard Muller and Steven Quay. Oct 5, 2021. \u201cScience Closes In on Covid\u2019s Origins.\u201d The Wall Street Journal. Steven Quay and Richard Muller. Jun 6, 2021. \u201cThe Science Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak.\u201d The Wall Street Journal. \u201cTWiV 762: SARS-CoV-2 origins with Robert Garry.\u201d May 30, 2021. This Week in Virology [Podcast]. Glenn Kessler. May 25, 2021. \u201cTimeline: How the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible.\u201d The Washington Post. Jorge Casesmeiro Roger. Mar 24, 2021. \u201cAn Interview with Richard Ebright: The WHO Investigation Members Were \u2018participants in disinformation.\u2019\u201d Independent Science News. Josh Rogin. Mar 8, 2021. \u201cIn 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened.\u201d Politico. Jane Qiu. Jun 1, 2020. \u201cHow China\u2019s \u2018Bat Woman\u2019 Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus.\u201d Scientific American. EcoHealth Alliance and Funding for Coronavirus Research Katherine Eban. March 31, 2022. \u201c\u2018This Shouldn\u2019t Happen\u2019: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy.\u201d Vanity Fair. Sharon Lerner and Maia Hibbett. Sep, 23 2021. \u201cLeaked Grant Proposal Details High-Risk Coronavirus Research.\u201d The Intercept. Glenn Kessler. May 18, 2021. \u201cFact-checking the Paul-Fauci flap over Wuhan lab funding.\u201d The Washington Post. Meredith Wadman and Jon Cohen. Apr 30, 2020. \u201cNIH's axing of bat coronavirus grant a \u2018horrible precedent' and might break rules, critics say.\u201d Science. National Institutes of Health. May 27, 2014. NIH grant to EcoHealth Alliance for Wuhan research. NIH RePORTER. NIH Database Data Removal Amy Dockser Marcus. Jun 23, 2021. \u201cChinese Covid-19 Gene Data That Could Have Aided Pandemic Research Removed From NIH Database.\u201d The Hearing Revisiting Gain of Function Research: What the Pandemic Taught Us and Where Do We Go From Here August 3, 2022 Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Witnesses: Richard H. Ebright, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Laboratory Director, Rutgers University Waksman Institute of Microbiology Testimony Steven Quay, CEO and Founder, Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. Testimony Kevin M. Esvelt, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Testimony Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito ","author_name":"Congressional Dish","author_url":"https:\/\/congressionaldish.com","html":"