Scientists plan new, potentially controversial bird flu research
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 03:30
in Health & Medicine
Flu researchers Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier found themselves in the middle of a firestorm when, in 2011, they reported how, in separate experiments, they had created mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu that were able to pass easily between ferrets -- mammals often studied to understand how flu passes between people.