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Controversy Continues After Engineered-Bird Flu-Study Published
(Wired News) After months of controversy, an experiment describing how H5N1 avian influenza can be modified into potentially human-contagious forms was published today. The study was originally submitted to the journal Nature in 2011. Concern that its details, along with those in a similar, as-yet-unpublished experiment, could be turned to malevolent ends delayed its publication.
- May 3, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Al Qaeda Cleric’s Call From Grave: Attack With Bio Weapons – ABC News
ABC NewsAl Qaeda Cleric's Call From Grave: Attack With Bio WeaponsABC News… for biological attacks against the US "The use of chemical and biological weapons against population centers is allowed and is strongly recommended," US-born Anwar al-Awlaki is quoted as saying in one of two new issues of the Inspire magazine.and more »
- May 3, 2012
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Controversial Bird-Flu Research Published: How Worried Should We Be?
(Scientific American) A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu, Read More »
- May 3, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
After epic debate, avian flu research sees light of day
(ScienceDaily) After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published on May 3, 2012.
- May 3, 2012
- | Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
US to Seek University Input on New Dual Use Reviews
(Science Now) The U.S. government will soon be asking university officials to comment on how best to implement recently released dual use research rules at the university level, a senior U.S. science official announced today. “What needs to be ironed out and will be ironed out is how [dual use reviews are] sorted out at Read More »
- May 3, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research