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Flu Researcher Ron Fouchier: ‘It’s a Pity That It Has to Come to This’

(Science AAAS) How much bioterrorism have we seen in the past? What are the chances that bioterrorists will recreate these viruses? And is it really true that publication of this research would give bioterrorists or rogue nations an advantage? …

Prominent Virologists Want US Advisory Board to Take a Second Look at …

(Science AAAS) A group of prominent researchers is asking a US government biosecurity advisory board to reconsider its controversial recommendation that two research teams omit key details from papers in …

Scientists call for 60-day suspension of mutant flu research

(Nature.com) As controversy rages around the scientists who created mutant strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, leading flu researchers have called for a 60-day voluntary pause on such work. The call comes in a statement jointly published today in Nature (R. A. M. Fouchier et al. Nature 481, 443; 2012) and Science. On 20  Read More »

US virologists ask NSABB to reconsider H5N1 decision

(CIDRAP) The letter, sent to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) on Jan 18, was signed by virologists from US universities, according to a report today from ScienceInsider, the online news service of Science. The NSABB made its ruling …

More labs close to deadly bird flu mutations: researcher

(Reuters) The request by the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has set off an intense debate about how to balance the free flow of scientific information against the threat of an “Armageddon” weapon if that research falls into the wrong hands. In a statement to Reuters, Science said that its “editors are optimistic  Read More »

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