The Coming Crisis: Controversial H5N1 influenza work likely to resume

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Controversial H5N1 influenza work likely to resume Dec 28th 2012, 16:28 Some scientists may resume controversial experiments on the potentially deadly avian influenza virus H5N1, following a high-level meeting this week. The suggestion comes in the wake of a global debate about the risks and benefits of such research and a voluntary moratorium on the experiments lasting nearly a year. International flu experts, research funders and public-health officials met on Monday and Tuesday this week at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss the future of the work — so-called gain-of-function experiments that change the properties of what is called highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in ways that might make it more transmissible and infectious in humans, in order to investigate the possible natural evolution of the virus. http://www.nature.com/news/controversial-h5n1-influenza-work-likely-to-resume-1.12089

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