The Senate unanimously passed an amendment that would permanently ban all federal funding of risky gain-of-function research in China.
But the amendment, which was spearheaded by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, uses the same definition of gain-of-function research that is currently used by the National Institutes of Health.
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