House GOP inquiry over gain-of-function research targets a scientific giant
House Republicans are seeking testimony from scientist Bernard Moss, a living legend among poxvirus experts who expressed interest in gain-of-function research.
For more than half a century, scientist Bernard Moss has been commanding the attention of peers interested in prying biological secrets from poxviruses and other microbiological targets. Now he’s commanding the attention of a different audience: House Republicans.
Moss, who will mark his 86th birthday in late July and who goes by Bernie, has worked for more than 55 years in the laboratories of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md. Over that time, he has been investigating viruses in relative anonymity — except, that is, among the virological cognoscenti.
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