Debate over bird flu research is latest in rivalry between security and science
Credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control
The recent discovery by researchers in Rotterdam, Netherlands, that the lethal H5N1 avian flu virus could be genetically modified with relative ease into an airborne vector was the talk of the scientific community going into early 2012. Over the holidays, scientists were openly debating a U.S...
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