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At a meeting of influenza researchers in Times Square New York Tuesday, Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) recommended that researchers continue to honour a self-imposed moratorium on certain experiments with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, saying that researchers needed to better justify the benefits of the research to the public.
?I strongly recommend that you continue this voluntary moratorium until you can have this open and transparent process addressing the fundamental principles,? he said.
During a lengthy question and answer session following his presentation, lines were drawn between researchers who agreed and those who disagreed with continuing the moratorium, which was on a narrow type of experiment that endow H5N1 with new properties, such as the ability to transmit between mammals. Although originally planned for 60 days, it has been in place since late in January.
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http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/0...-h5n1-research-moratorium.html#wpn-more-21513
?I strongly recommend that you continue this voluntary moratorium until you can have this open and transparent process addressing the fundamental principles,? he said.
During a lengthy question and answer session following his presentation, lines were drawn between researchers who agreed and those who disagreed with continuing the moratorium, which was on a narrow type of experiment that endow H5N1 with new properties, such as the ability to transmit between mammals. Although originally planned for 60 days, it has been in place since late in January.
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http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/0...-h5n1-research-moratorium.html#wpn-more-21513