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microrobert
02-17-2012, 02:05 PM
Experts Debate H5N1 Research

A 2-day meeting may decide how much and which parts of 2 controversial H5N1 flu studies will be published.



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Two papers describe mutations in the H5N1 virus that make it transmissible between ferrets


Yesterday (February 16) in Geneva, 22 experts sat down at the behest of the World Health Organization to debate whether and how to publish research in which scientists made the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible between ferrets. The 2-day meeting is closed to journalists and the public, but WHO released the participant list (http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/list_participants/en/index.html) today, ScienceInsider reported (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/flu-expertsand-one-ethicist.html).

http://the-scientist.com/2012/02/17/experts-debate-h5n1-research/ (http://the-scientist.com/2012/02/17/experts-debate-h5n1-research/)