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Science for a better future

23/01/2012

by Abby Tabor (Mysciencework) Same Author (12)

H5N1 Research: Greater risk in publishing or withholding data?

In an unprecedented move, a U.S. biosecurity review board has asked the authors of two studies creating dangerous airborne strains of the H5N1 avian flu virus—possibly transmissible among humans—not to publish the details of their experiments.  Even among scientists, the decision has sparked a great deal of disagreement over the best action to take, now and going forward.

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