Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says the federal government is withholding a “treasure trove of information about dangerous” gain-of-function biological research and he hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will help him get it into the public’s hands.

“We’re nearing the beginning of the real investigation because come January, with a friendly administration, we think we’re going to get all of this information,” he told the New York Post.

Gain of function research is the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential real-world impact.

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