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Bird Flu Research Risks

(New York Times) To the Editor: Re “The Latest on the Doomsday Virus” (editorial, April 22): The decision by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to reverse its previously unanimous recommendation to restrict publication of H5N1 bird flu experiments is understandable. Reassurance from one scientist involved in the work that the virus wasn’t so  Read More »

Senate Cmte. Examines Biological Security and Dual-Use Research

(C-SPAN) The Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on dual-use research and how it can be used for bioterrorism. In recent years, concerns over dual-use research, which can be used for both beneficial scientific and medical purposes and bioterrorism, have grown due to advances in biotechnology that allow us create synthetic viruses in the  Read More »

Zombie Outbreak Target of Mock URI Clinic

(Patch.com) The mock distribution clinic is the brainchild of Jeffrey Bratberg, URI clinical associate professor of pharmacy and an expert on bioterrorism, pandemics and natural disasters who serves on the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, which completed two tours of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

SENSENBRENNER: Preventing release of lethal science

(Washington Times) Government needs plans for locking down research sought by terrorists By Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. When researchers used federal funding to genetically mutate the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus to make it capable of respiratory transmission between ferrets, the U.S. government was caught flat-footed on how to proceed with this potentially dangerous  Read More »

Dutch Decision Imminent on Bird Flu Data Release

(Global Security Newswire) The Netherlands on Tuesday indicated it could determine in days whether to grant an export authorization for the publication of scientific research that produced a more transmissible version of the avian influenza virus, Science magazine reported. Bioterrorism concerns prompted the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity last year to call for  Read More »

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