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Bird Flu Can Spread In Mammals, Study Finds
latimes.com 4 weeks agoThe results, showing an engineered flu strain can spread easily between ferrets, derive from a controversial study that stirred debate over fears of a bioterrorism threat.In a long-awaited study that helped prompt a contentious debate over the wisdom of conducting research that has the potential to help as well as harm, scientists reported Wednesday that they had engineered a mutant strain of bird flu that can spread easily between ferrets , a laboratory animal that responds to flu viruses much as people do
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Controversy Continues After Engineered-Bird-Flu Study Published
wired.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoAfter months of controversy, an experiment describing how H5N1 avian influenza can be modified into potentially human-contagious forms was published May 2. The uproar, however, is far from over: Flu researchers and biodefense experts continue to argue over the findings' safety and scientific value.
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