Bird Flu Research Rattles Bioterrorism Field

At a recent conference, a Dutch scientist said he'd made bird flu virus highly contagious between ferrets — the animal model used to study human flu infection. Just five mutations did the trick. Security experts fear publishing the work could spur Read More...

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Posted Nov 17 2011, 08:10 AM by Shots - Health Blog