Monday, May 21, 2012

Rethinking science on pandemic-potential viruses - Duke University

By Ashley Yeager

Making mutant forms of bird flu and publishing the results caused a major squawk in the public and in the political and scientific communities over the last year.

The issue was whether the new mutants could ward off a major pandemic of bird flu or start one, explained Stephanie Holmer, a graduate student in Duke’s Department of Cell Biology.

She raised the issue during the May 18 meeting of the Science and Society Journal Club.

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