A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight

On May 5, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to revise federal oversight of dangerous gain-of-function research [PDF] that can make microorganisms more pathogenic or transmissible. 

The order instructs federal agencies to halt U.S. funding for gain-of-function research in countries that do not comply with federal oversight policies. President Trump has tasked the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy with strengthening top-down independent oversight and enforcement of U.S. pathogen research policy. Until the release of a revised policy within 120 days, the order and a subsequent federal notice pause domestic gain-of-function research.