Milwaukee Biz Blog: Preventing release of lethal science

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When researchers used federal funding to genetically mutate the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus to make it capable of respiratory transmission between ferrets, the U.S. government was caught flat-footed on how to proceed with this potentially dangerous research.

This week, a Senate panel is investigating biological security in the wake of the H5N1 research, with good reason, according to U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, author of today’s Milwaukee Biz Blog.

 

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