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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 »

Biological Security: The Risk of Dual-Use Research

(Center for Biosecurity of UPMC) Testimony of Thomas Inglesby, MD, Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, April 26, 2012. Mr. Chairman, Senator Collins, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on the issues related to Biological  Read More »

Live Chat: Too Dangerous to Publish?

(Science Now) Join us each Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT for a live conversation with leading scientists and expert reporters. On Thursday, a U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing that will explore how the government should regulate dual use research of concern (DURC) that could be used for good and evil. The hearings come  Read More »

The Technology Corner: 3 Companies That Could Eradicate Ebola Virus

(OneMedPlace) To the scientific community, the Ebola virus is one of the most noxious pathogens identified to date. To the general population, the virus is dreadful, made especially frightening in pop culture. In addition to a high mortality rate of approximately 70 percent per case (average)1, the health deterioration caused by an Ebola infection is  Read More »

Lawmaker Voices Concern Over Bird Flu Review

(Global Security Newswire) A purported effort to prompt a federal biodefense panel to rescind its prior recommendation to withhold data from a pair of avian influenza studies would not aid in resolving potential new controversies involving scientific research with weapons applications, U.S. Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) told the head of the National Institutes of Health  Read More »

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