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White House / NIH gain-of-function funding pause

OSTP announced a deliberative process and pause on new federal funding for GoF studies anticipated to enhance pathogenicity or transmissibility among mammals (influenza, MERS, SARS).

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Doing Diligence to Assess the Risks and Benefits of Life Sciences Gain-of-Function Research (White House OSTP)
Tier 1 · other · Official Oct 17 2014 announcement of the deliberative process and funding pause
Funding Pause for Certain Types of Gain-of-Function Research Projects (NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-15-011)
Tier 1 · report · NIH implementation notice, Oct 17 2014

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Gain-of-function definitions

Unresolved definitional dispute. Tabak letter (Oct 2021) acknowledged delayed reporting of enhanced growth in mice; NIH still denied ePPP classification.