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Editor, Senior Moderator
MBio. 2012 Jan 31;3(1). pii: e00004-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00004-12. Print 2012.
Science should be in the public domain.
Racaniello VR.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
ABSTRACT Variants of avian influenza H5N1 virus that are transmitted by the airborne route among ferrets have been identified. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has advised against publication of the details of the methods used to obtain these viruses and the amino acid changes that lead to transmission in ferrets. This decision is not based on sound scientific principles and risks setting a precedent that will make it easier to put in place highly restrictive regulations on scientific research and publication.
PMID:
22294675
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PMCID: PMC3268661
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22294675
Science should be in the public domain.
Racaniello VR.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
ABSTRACT Variants of avian influenza H5N1 virus that are transmitted by the airborne route among ferrets have been identified. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has advised against publication of the details of the methods used to obtain these viruses and the amino acid changes that lead to transmission in ferrets. This decision is not based on sound scientific principles and risks setting a precedent that will make it easier to put in place highly restrictive regulations on scientific research and publication.
PMID:
22294675
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID: PMC3268661
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22294675