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Plans for restricted access to bird flu papers expected 'within the next few weeks'.
Heidi Ledford
In December, the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) decided that two papers on avian flu (H5N1) could pose a biosecurity risk if published in their entirety (see Fears grow over lab-bred flu). The NSABB advised against full publication of the papers, setting off a mad dash to develop a mechanism by which important details from the papers could be withheld from the general public while remaining accessible to public-health officials and researchers studying the virus. The advice also unleashed a debate about the oversight of ?dual-use? research ? research that could benefit society but that could also be misused (see Call to censor flu studies draws fire).
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http://www.nature.com/news/bird-flu-and-the-future-of-biosecurity-1.9784
http://www.nature.com/news/bird-flu-and-the-future-of-biosecurity-1.9784
Heidi Ledford
In December, the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) decided that two papers on avian flu (H5N1) could pose a biosecurity risk if published in their entirety (see Fears grow over lab-bred flu). The NSABB advised against full publication of the papers, setting off a mad dash to develop a mechanism by which important details from the papers could be withheld from the general public while remaining accessible to public-health officials and researchers studying the virus. The advice also unleashed a debate about the oversight of ?dual-use? research ? research that could benefit society but that could also be misused (see Call to censor flu studies draws fire).
..
http://www.nature.com/news/bird-flu-and-the-future-of-biosecurity-1.9784
http://www.nature.com/news/bird-flu-and-the-future-of-biosecurity-1.9784