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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

Those who suggested it came from a lab raised concerns about studies that tweaked pathogens to make them more dangerous - sometimes known as "gain of function" research.. . The new policy, which applies to research funded by the federal government, strengthens the government's oversight by replacing a short list of dangerous pathogens with broad categories into which more pathogens might fall ...

In recent years, for example, crypto titans have poured money into pandemic prevention research.. . The new policy does not give the government direct regulation of privately funded research. But it does say that research institutions that receive any federal money for life-science research should apply a similar oversight to scientists doing research with support from outside the government ...

No momentum supporting factor found

Challenge supporting factors

(policy,government)

(policy,federal,government)

(federal,scientists)

(policy,federal,scientists)

(federal,dangerous)

(government,dangerous)

(government,federal,dangerous)

(policy,dangerous)

(policy,pandemic)

(policy,federal,dangerous)

(federal,regulation)

(government,federal,regulation)

(policy,federal,regulation)

(federal,petri)

(policy,federal,petri)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(government,federal,scientists)

(government,scientists)

(policy,white_house)

(policy,federal,scientists)

(policy,safety)

(federal,science)

(policy,federal,science)

(policy,federal,human)

(policy,scientists,human)

(policy,federal,health)

(policy,federal,gronvall)

(policy,dangerous)

(policy,scientists,life-science)

(policy,scientists,government)

(policy,lab)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	78.30	0.00	21.71

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (policy,government)	100.00
(2) (policy,federal,government)	99.70
(3) (policy,federal,scientists)	84.55
(4) (policy,dangerous)	59.09
(5) (federal,scientists)	46.36
(6) (government,federal,scientists)	44.24
(7) (government,scientists)	43.64
(8) (policy,white_house)	42.73
(9) (federal,dangerous)	41.52
(10) (government,dangerous)	40.61
(11) (government,federal,dangerous)	40.00
(12) (policy,safety)	38.48
(13) (policy,pandemic)	36.67
(14) (policy,federal,dangerous)	36.36
(15) (federal,science)	35.15
(16) (policy,federal,science)	34.55
(17) (federal,regulation)	33.94
(18) (government,federal,regulation)	32.12
(19) (policy,federal,regulation)	31.21
(20) (federal,petri)	30.30
(21) (policy,federal,petri)	29.39
(22) (policy,scientists,petri)	28.79
(23) (federal,life-science)	28.48
(24) (government,federal,life-science)	27.58
(25) (policy,federal,life-science)	25.45
(26) (federal,ineligible)	24.85
(27) (policy,federal,ineligible)	23.94
(28) (policy,federal,human)	23.33
(29) (policy,scientists,human)	22.73
(30) (policy,federal,health)	22.42
(31) (policy,federal,gronvall)	22.12
(32) (policy,scientists,life-science)	20.91
(33) (policy,scientists,ineligible)	20.61
(34) (policy,scientists,government)	20.00
(35) (policy,scientists,funding)	19.70
(36) (government,pandemic)	18.79
(37) (policy,laboratory)	17.88
(38) (policy,lab)	17.58
(39) (policy,vaccine)	17.27
(40) (policy,university)	16.97
(41) (government,titans)	16.67
(42) (policy,titans)	16.36
(43) (government,federal,funding)	15.76
(44) (government,funding)	15.15
(45) (government,federal,policies)	13.94
(46) (government,policies)	12.42
(47) (federal,national_institutes)	12.12
(48) (government,federal,national_institutes)	11.21
(49) (government,federal,health)	9.70
(50) (government,federal,fall)	7.58
(51) (government,federal,broad)	5.15
(52) (government,lab)	2.73
(53) (government,safety)	2.42
(54) (federal,funding)	2.42
(55) (government,risky)	2.12
(56) (government,regulation)	1.82
(57) (federal,policies)	0.30

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

challenge - Back to HLA

Those who suggested it came from a lab raised concerns about studies that tweaked pathogens to make them more dangerous - sometimes known as "gain of function" research.. . The new policy, which applies to research funded by the federal government, strengthens the government's oversight by replacing a short list of dangerous pathogens with broad categories into which more pathogens might fall ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,dangerous)
(federal,dangerous)
(policy,federal,government)
(policy,federal,dangerous)
(government,federal,dangerous)
(policy,dangerous)
(policy,government)
Inferred entity relationships (15)
(federal,government,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,policy,regulation) [inferred]
(dangerous,federal) [inferred]
(federal,government,national_institutes) [inferred]
(federal,government,life-science) [inferred]
(dangerous,federal,government) [inferred]
(federal,government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,policies) [inferred]
(federal,government,policy) [inferred]
(federal,government,health) [inferred]
(dangerous,federal,policy) [inferred]
(government,policy) [inferred]
(government,policy,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,policy,science) [inferred]
(federal,policy,scientists) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

In recent years, for example, crypto titans have poured money into pandemic prevention research.. . The new policy does not give the government direct regulation of privately funded research. But it does say that research institutions that receive any federal money for life-science research should apply a similar oversight to scientists doing research with support from outside the government ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,government)
(government,regulation)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(government,policy,scientists) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The new policy does not give the government direct regulation of privately funded research. But it does say that research institutions that receive any federal money for life-science research should apply a similar oversight to scientists doing research with support from outside the government ...
High Level Abstractions:

(federal,life-science)
(federal,regulation)
(government,federal,regulation)
(policy,federal,government)
(policy,federal,regulation)
(policy,federal,life-science)
(government,federal,life-science)
Inferred entity relationships (15)
(federal,government,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,life-science,policy) [inferred]
(government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,national_institutes) [inferred]
(federal,government,life-science) [inferred]
(federal,government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,policies) [inferred]
(federal,government,policy) [inferred]
(life-science,policy,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,government,health) [inferred]
(federal,life-science) [inferred]
(government,policy) [inferred]
(government,policy,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,policy,science) [inferred]
(federal,policy,scientists) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The researchers might try to produce a transmissible strain to study, for example, by repeatedly infecting human cells in petri dishes, allowing the pathogens to evolve more efficient ways to enter the cells.. . Scientists who do not follow the new policy could become ineligible for federal funding for their work ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,federal,scientists)
(federal,petri)
(policy,scientists,petri)
(policy,federal,petri)
(federal,scientists)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(federal,policy,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,petri,policy) [inferred]
(federal,policy,science) [inferred]
(petri,policy,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,petri) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The researchers might try to produce a transmissible strain to study, for example, by repeatedly infecting human cells in petri dishes, allowing the pathogens to evolve more efficient ways to enter the cells.. . Scientists who do not follow the new policy could become ineligible for federal funding for their work. Their entire institution may have its support for life science research cut off as well ...
High Level Abstractions:

(federal,ineligible)
(policy,federal,ineligible)
(federal,funding)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(federal,ineligible) [inferred]
(federal,ineligible,policy) [inferred]
(ineligible,policy,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,funding,government) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The researchers might try to produce a transmissible strain to study, for example, by repeatedly infecting human cells in petri dishes, allowing the pathogens to evolve more efficient ways to enter the cells.. . Scientists who do not follow the new policy could become ineligible for federal funding for their work. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,scientists,ineligible)
(policy,scientists,funding)

challenge - Back to HLA

In recent years, for example, crypto titans have poured money into pandemic prevention research.. . The new policy does not give the government direct regulation of privately funded research ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,titans)
(government,pandemic)
(policy,pandemic)
(policy,titans)

challenge - Back to HLA

The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a pandemic.. . The new policy, published Monday evening, arrives after years of deliberations by an expert panel and a charged public debate over whether Covid arose from an animal market or a laboratory in China ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,pandemic)
(policy,laboratory)

challenge - Back to HLA

It also makes exemptions for certain types of research, including disease surveillance and vaccine development. And some parts of the policy are recommendations rather than government-enforced requirements. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,vaccine)

challenge - Back to HLA

One of the weaknesses of existing policies is that they only apply to funding given out by the federal government. But for years, the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies have struggled with stagnant funding, leading some researchers to turn instead to private sources ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,funding)
(federal,national_institutes)
(government,policies)
(government,federal,funding)
(government,federal,national_institutes)
(government,federal,health)
(government,federal,policies)
Inferred entity relationships (10)
(federal,government,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,government,national_institutes) [inferred]
(federal,funding) [inferred]
(federal,government,life-science) [inferred]
(federal,government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,policy) [inferred]
(federal,government,policies) [inferred]
(federal,government,health) [inferred]
(government,policies) [inferred]
(funding,government) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The new policy, which applies to research funded by the federal government, strengthens the government's oversight by replacing a short list of dangerous pathogens with broad categories into which more pathogens might fall. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,federal,fall)
(government,federal,broad)
Inferred entity relationships (7)
(federal,government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,policies) [inferred]
(federal,government,policy) [inferred]
(federal,government,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,government,health) [inferred]
(federal,government,national_institutes) [inferred]
(federal,government,life-science) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

The new policy, published Monday evening, arrives after years of deliberations by an expert panel and a charged public debate over whether Covid arose from an animal market or a laboratory in China.. . A number of researchers worried that the government had been too lax about lab safety in the past, with some even calling for the creation of an independent agency to make decisions about risky experiments that could allow viruses, bacteria or fungi to spread quickly between people or become more deadly ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,lab)
(government,safety)

challenge - Back to HLA

. One of the weaknesses of existing policies is that they only apply to funding given out by the federal government. But for years, the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies have struggled with stagnant funding, leading some researchers to turn instead to private sources ...
High Level Abstractions:

(federal,funding)
(federal,policies)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(federal,funding,government) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

But it does say that research institutions that receive any federal money for life-science research should apply a similar oversight to scientists doing research with support from outside the government. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,scientists)
(government,federal,scientists)
(policy,scientists,government)
(policy,federal,scientists)
Inferred entity relationships (10)
(federal,policy,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,national_institutes) [inferred]
(federal,government,life-science) [inferred]
(federal,government,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,government,policies) [inferred]
(federal,government,policy) [inferred]
(government,scientists) [inferred]
(federal,government,health) [inferred]
(government,policy) [inferred]
(federal,policy,science) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Scientists who do not follow the new policy could become ineligible for federal funding for their work. Their entire institution may have its support for life science research cut off as well. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(federal,science)
(policy,federal,science)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(federal,policy,regulation) [inferred]
(federal,policy,scientists) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The researchers might try to produce a transmissible strain to study, for example, by repeatedly infecting human cells in petri dishes, allowing the pathogens to evolve more efficient ways to enter the cells. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,scientists,human)
(policy,federal,human)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(human,policy,scientists) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

. Still, Dr. Gronvall said, much would depend on how federal health officials interpret the policy. She said she was interested, for example, in how many additional reviews they expected to undertake and how any additional workload would affect the pace of proposals ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,federal,gronvall)
(policy,federal,health)

WIP - Back to HLA

The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a pandemic. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,white_house)
(policy,dangerous)

WIP - Back to HLA

. "It's a moderate shift in policy, with a number of more significant signals about how the White House expects the issue to be treated moving forward," said Nicholas Evans, an ethicist at University of Massachusetts Lowell ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,white_house)

WIP - Back to HLA

But it does say that research institutions that receive any federal money for life-science research should apply a similar oversight to scientists doing research with support from outside the government ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,scientists,life-science)

WIP - Back to HLA

Tom Inglesby, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a longtime proponent of stricter safety regulations. "I think this policy is what any reasonable member of the public would expect is in place in terms of oversight of the world's most transmissible and lethal organisms." ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,safety)

WIP - Back to HLA

. Still, the policy does not embrace the most aggressive proposals made by lab safety proponents, such as creating an independent regulatory agency. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,safety)
(policy,lab)

WIP - Back to HLA

"It's a moderate shift in policy, with a number of more significant signals about how the White House expects the issue to be treated moving forward," said Nicholas Evans, an ethicist at University of Massachusetts Lowell. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(policy,university)

WIP - Back to HLA

A number of researchers worried that the government had been too lax about lab safety in the past, with some even calling for the creation of an independent agency to make decisions about risky experiments that could allow viruses, bacteria or fungi to spread quickly between people or become more deadly ...
High Level Abstractions:

(government,risky)

Semantics Relevance

U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research