Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
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The US government has come out with new rules for life science research deemed risky.
Cockfighting and other cultural practices in Southeast Asia could greatly aid the spread of deadly diseases like bird flu.
The second of the two controversial bird flu papers is published in Science, revealing that just five mutations can render the virus transmissible between ferrets.
After much ado, Nature publishes the first report of a bird flu virus adapted for transmission in ferrets.
Science adviser John Holdren speaks out about how the Presidential Administration is handling the controversial research that rendered avian flu transmissible between ferrets.
One of the researchers who created a highly transmissible form of the bird flu virus has broken his silence and shared which mutations made it possible.
Biosecurity board recommends publication of data detailing transmissibility of H5N1 avian influenza.
The creation of H5N1 bird flu strains that are transmissible between mammals has thrown the scientific community into a heated debate about whether such research should be allowed and how it should be regulated.
Monitoring of bird flu outbreaks around the world is spotty, with most countries performing little in the way of genetic analysis.
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