BREAKING NEWS

The virus “cure” that President Trump touted on Wednesday was created with cells originally derived from fetal tissue, a practice he had condemned.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:26 PM EST

In June 2019, the Trump administration suspended federal funding for most new scientific research involving fetal tissue derived from abortions.

Mr. Trump last week received Regeneron’s cocktail of monoclonal antibodies. To develop the antibodies, Regeneron relied on 293T, a human cell line once derived from fetal tissue.