Research on enhanced transmissibility in H5N1 influenza: Should the moratorium end?
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
In a series of commentaries, prominent microbiologists and physicians argue the cases both for and against lifting a voluntary moratorium on experiments to enhance the ability of the H5N1 virus to move from mammal to mammal, so-called "gain-of-function" research, and discuss the level of biosecurity that would be appropriate for moving that research forward.