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#159: Monkey Business at Pfizer (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

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Is Gain of Function a GMO?

Gain of function is basically a GMO, right? Like when they're saying gain of function, they mean we take something from organism A and put it into organism B. I don't think that's the distinction. Okay. Serial passaging can be used to enhance function. It can be used for gain of function. And so by serially passaging, it viruses tend to evolve towards lower virulence. The point is you can make a benign version of a pathogen. And that's not gain offunction.

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