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Fight Over Dutch H5N1 Paper Enters Endgame

(Science Now) AMSTERDAM — After an international meeting of scientists and security experts on Monday, the Dutch government says it may decide very soon whether virologist Ron Fouchier of Erasmus MC in Rotterdam is eligible for an export license that would allow him to resubmit his controversial H5N1 transmissibility study for publication by Science. Fouchier,  Read More »

Kansas bioterror lab: A money pit or a gold mine?

(Kansas City Star) There’s a whole lot of uncertainly in the middle of Kansas. Make that hole — as in the gaping construction site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan. The cost of the federally funded animal-research facility — NBAF for short, commonly pronounced “En-baf”  Read More »

Mutant-flu researcher backs down on plan to publish without permission

(Nature.com) Ron Fouchier, a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose work on the H5N1 avian flu virus has been embroiled in controversy, told Nature this afternoon that he has now reluctantly agreed to apply for an export permit to submit his work to the journal Science. Fouchier’s paper is one  Read More »

Go Ahead With Bird Flu Studies, HHS and NIH Say

(Global Security Newswire) WASHINGTON – Federal health officials on Friday endorsed a decision by their advisers to let publication of two controversial bird flu studies go ahead, saying the information was  vital to preparing the world against a possible deadly pandemic. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity had asked researchers in December to hold  Read More »

Research or development? DHS and national labs disagree

(FierceHomelandSecurity) In its research and development efforts at national laboratories, the Homeland Security Department now emphasizes development more than basic or applied research, said Daniel Gerstein, DHS’s deputy undersecretary for science and technology, on April 19. Gerstein spoke at a hearing of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and security technologies. He  Read More »

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