NIH refuses Senate request for information on gain of function research

TU.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined by Sens. Paul (R-Ky.), Lankford (R-Okla.), Scott (R-Fla.), Cotton (R-Ark.), Marshall (R-Kan.), and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) sent a follow up letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requesting further information on gain of function research and NIH’s 2014 moratorium on funding for that research. This letter follows NIH’s incomplete response to their May 20 letter, the lawmakers point out the agency’s refusal to provide a detailed response is unacceptable and that the American people deserve the complete truth about NIH’s role in funding potentially risky gain of function research.