"The influenza virus research community is to be commended for implementing a voluntary moratorium on “gain-of-function” experiments related to the transmissibility of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus. As a key funder of influenza virus research, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, strongly supports the continuation of this moratorium pending the resolution of critical policy issues related to the rationale for performing and reporting such experiments." Anthony S. Fauci Research on Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus: The Way Forward 9 October 2012 https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.00359-12