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NRC study to examine scientific options for NBAF

(Feedstuffs) Possible alternatives to the controversial National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) will come under study by a new blue-ribbon panel at the National Research Council (NRC) beginning during the committee’s first public meeting on April 13. The committee is charged with conducting a new study to examine the “needs and possible scientific alternatives for  Read More »

OU Health Sciences Center awarded $490,000 grant

(Oklahoma Daily) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $490,000 grant to researchers at the OU Health Sciences Center. Researchers will study ways to improve identification of potential terrorist threats, according to a press release. “Law enforcement officers are transforming from first responders to first preventers serving on the front lines of counterterrorism,”  Read More »

Post-mortem on mutant flu

(Nature.com) The dust is beginning to settle on the months-long controversy over two studies in which the H5N1 avian influenza virus was modified to be transmissible between mammals. But scientists and authorities still need to address the lack of international oversight for studies in which pathogens are deliberately made more dangerous, speakers emphasized at a  Read More »

Opinion: Misguided Science Policy?

(Scientist) In fact, our recent study of the political dynamics surrounding the recent site selection process for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) suggested that using public meetings may actually promote policy choices that are diametrically opposed to public preferences.

Bird Flu Studies Mired In Export Control Law Limbo

(NPR – Audio) Scientists who created mutant forms of bird flu want to see their research published, and an influential advisory committee recently gave them the green light after a debate that lasted for months. But one of the manuscripts is now being blocked from publication because of Dutch legal controls on the export of  Read More »

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