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Questions About Bird Flu Research Swirl Around Private WHO Meeting

(NPR)(Audio) H5N1 avian flu viruses (seen in gold) grow inside canine kidney cells (seen in green). H5N1 avian flu viruses (seen in gold) grow inside canine kidney cells (seen in green). A closed-door meeting to discuss controversial bird …

February 20, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Scientists compare dual-use H5N1 and Asilomar meetings

(CIDRAP) Some experts involved in the controversy over two H5N1 transmission papers have called the pause in research and discussions over the dual-use nature of the work an “Asilomar moment,” referring to a scientific meeting held …

February 20, 2012
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Green: BP Challenges Spill Settlement Terms

The planned payments far exceed the extent of likely future damages because they overstate the potential for future losses, the company insists.

February 17, 2012
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Many in NY cheer delay of animal disease lab move

(Wall Street Journal) “The prospect of taking a wrecking ball to a multimillion-dollar Homeland Security investment in the study of foot-and-mouth disease at Plum Island to accommodate another several hundred million-dollar research lab right in the middle of cattle country …

February 16, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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Scientists Debate How To Conduct Bird Flu Research

(NPR)(Audio) This time around, fears revolve around experiments on the bird flu virus H5N1. Scientists tweaked its genes and made it more transmissible between ferrets, which are the laboratory stand-in for people. Some experts fear that if this virus ever escaped …

February 16, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biosafety, Biotechnology, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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