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NATURE
Volume 486, Issue 7403, Pages 335-340Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature11170
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- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Two studies of H5N1 avian influenza viruses that had been genetically engineered to render them transmissible between ferrets have proved highly controversial. Divergent opinions exist about the importance of these studies of influenza transmission and about potential 'dual use' research implications. No consensus has developed yet about how to balance these concerns. After not recommending immediate full publication of earlier, less complete versions of the studies, the United States National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity subsequently recommended full publication of more complete manuscripts; however, controversy about this and similar research remains.
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