
A bipartisan Senate panel is launching investigations into national security threats from high-risk biological research and technology in the US and abroad, focusing on the origins of Covid-19. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee plans oversight hearings on biotechnology, biosecurity, and Covid origins.







If you do research in #biotech, #genomics or other life sciences - keep an eye on the bipartisan @USCongress H.R.7085 - BIOSECURE Act, which is currently been refererred to committee for review. 🦠🔬🧪🧫 Could have massive impact on global research. https://t.co/Lrv2QV6VJh
.@SenRandPaul and @SenGaryPeters announce bipartisan investigation into origins of COVID | @chriswtremo https://t.co/glPmtitGrA https://t.co/glPmtitGrA
"Peters is emphasizing the need to minimize the risk that developments in the life sciences like CRISPR gene editing can be manipulated by bad actors. A bill he sponsored that would cut off U.S. taxpayer funding for select Chinese biotech companies advanced out of committee this… https://t.co/0qpZyxBJ5Z