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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), pp.52-53 · baric_ti:utt:00407

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Ralph S. Baric

Well, as told to me, as told to Fang Li, actually, there is one experiment that they think needs to be reviewed by the new committee that is formed after the DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com Trump administration formed that committee.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

We have a grant that is pending at NIH right now, 2 percentile, that is paused right now. We're waiting to see, from what I understand, of whether or not there's a potential GOF experiment in it or not.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

A potential what?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Gain-of-function experiment.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Oh, okay. So it's under the gain-of22 function pause.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

Well, as told to me, as told to Fang Li, actually, there is one experiment that they think needs to be reviewed by the new committee that is formed after the DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com Trump administration formed that committee.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Which hasn't been formed.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

That's correct.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So it's indefinitely paused.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

It is in purgatory, yes.

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