Health and Fitness » virus http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness Thu, 14 May 2015 13:58:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Scientists created airborne virus – but should results be published? http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/2012/01/06/scientists-created-airborne-virus-but-should-results-be-published/ http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/2012/01/06/scientists-created-airborne-virus-but-should-results-be-published/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:46:14 +0000 http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/?p=1356 Scientists are debating the newsworthiness of a recent discovery that has the potential not to help, but to hurt. Researchers last July in the Netherlands created an airborne version of a dangerous flu virus- in essence “tweaking it genetically to make it more contagious,” according to the New York Times. Now, U.S. government advisers are urging that scientists keep the research private – so it can’t be used by terrorists or other bad guys.

LINK: Dec. 27, 2011, New York Times, “Science debate persists on deadly flu made airborne.”

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