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Germ warfare: The creation of a lethal virus sparks a debate pitting science against security
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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When two groups of scientists on either side of the Atlantic engineered a highly contagious strain of avian flu, their findings were variously hailed as brilliant, groundbreaking and reckless. Late last year, researchers in the United States and the
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OHSU Researchers Say Rodent Research Offers Clue in Combating Flu
Portland :: OR :: USA | 1 year ago
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Tuesday February 21, 2012 Search About Salem-News.com is the premiere Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States. As part of a national collaboration, Oregon Health & Science University researchers are studying specially bred mice that are
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Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia's third human death from the deadly virus this year, the health ministry said Tuesday. Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the region
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For now, bird flu papers won’t be published
Geneva :: Switzerland | 1 year ago
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Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization said Friday. Speaking after a high-
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WHO allows publication of bird flu research
Cairo :: Egypt | 1 year ago
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Scientists in the Netherlands and the United States have made versions of the virus which could potentially spread more easily between humans. There were calls for the research to be kept secret, but the WHO has decided it is in the public interest
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Lack of security at labs handling world's deadliest pathogens could lead to epic pandemic
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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The mainstream media appears to be priming the public consciousness once again for the inevitable release of a highly-deadly pathogen in the very near future. A recent Reuters report explains that many of the world's biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) and
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Research on Deadly Bird Flu to Be Published in Full
Geneva :: Switzerland | 1 year ago
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The announcement, made on Friday by the World Health Organization, follows two months of heated debate about the flu research. The recommendation to publish the work in full came from a meeting of 22 experts in flu and public health from various
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Flu season off to latest start in decades
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 year ago
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Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school
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Facts About Trans Fat
Geneva :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Get the stats on the new fat on the block. The History of Hydrogenation Solid shortening, the thick white paste that made your grandmother's pie crust so flaky, was created nearly a century ago by adding hydrogen to liquid oils to make them turn
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World's Deadliest Pathogens: How Secure are Labs?
Rotterdam :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Articles As he walks the hallways, more than 100 closed-circuit cameras watch him. Seven more locked doors stand between him and his destination. Entering a research lab requires another card swipe and, for labs housing especially dangerous microbes,
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