Thursday, December 29, 2011

Bird flu researchers fear gov't block may stall scientific progress

An excerpt from a CBS news article:

Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and a member of the panel that advised the government on this decision, said the block may add a sense of urgency to the field.

"I think it will create a temporary slowdown, just because we're all going to be looking at what should be done, how should it be done and why it should be done," said Osterholm. "But in the end I think it will actually cause a great acceleration of H5N1 research. Because now that we know what we know, we can make the clear case that we need a lot more research. People can't write this (virus) off."

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