{"id":1873447,"date":"2023-03-09T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T01:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-defends-gain-of-function-research-it-needs-to-be-regulated\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T20:28:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T01:28:51","slug":"fauci-defends-gain-of-function-research-it-needs-to-be-regulated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-defends-gain-of-function-research-it-needs-to-be-regulated\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci defends gain-of-function research: &#8216;It needs to be regulated&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffauci-defends-gain-of-function-research-it-needs-to-be-regulated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1873447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78291458\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"US to relax COVID-19 restrictions for those traveling from China\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The United States is planning to relax COVID-19 restrictions for travelers entering the country from China as soon as Friday. 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If you did, and you got it from an influenza vaccine, that was gain of function that made that influenza vaccine. So that&#8217;s what people don&#8217;t understand.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Fauci stated that scientists believe it is necessary to manipulate organisms under controlled conditions. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the entire scientific community of virology and infectious disease would argue strongly that if you shut down all of that research, a lot of things that are important for the health of the country would not be able to be done,&#8221; Fauci said. <\/p>\n<p>Former <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> Fauci&#8217;s claim that some gain-of function research was required was rejected by Robert Redfield, Director of Redfield. At a hearing before the House COVID-19 origin,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/fauci-defends-gain-of-function-research\">Fauci defends gain of function research: &#8220;It must be regulated.&#8221;<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony FauciThe former director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was defended gain-of-function Research on Thursday, but he warned of the need to regulate this practice. 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