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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hastings Cent Rep. 2012 May-Jun;42(3):12-3. doi: 10.1002/hast.44.
The influenza controversy: should limits be placed on science?
Gostin LO.
Abstract
Should government have the power to place limits on a scientific pursuit that holds the potential for both good and harm-on what is called "dual-use research"? That is the highly charged question surrounding research to genetically modify influenza A (H5N1) to render it more easily transmissible from human to human. There is seldom a "right" answer to dual-use research, but a fair, inclusive, and transparent process-building on the NSABB model-should improve decision-making. A local institutional panel should evaluate dual-use research based on the following structured ethical framework.
? 2012 by The Hastings Center.
PMID:
22627716
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22627716
The influenza controversy: should limits be placed on science?
Gostin LO.
Abstract
Should government have the power to place limits on a scientific pursuit that holds the potential for both good and harm-on what is called "dual-use research"? That is the highly charged question surrounding research to genetically modify influenza A (H5N1) to render it more easily transmissible from human to human. There is seldom a "right" answer to dual-use research, but a fair, inclusive, and transparent process-building on the NSABB model-should improve decision-making. A local institutional panel should evaluate dual-use research based on the following structured ethical framework.
? 2012 by The Hastings Center.
PMID:
22627716
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22627716