A group of scientists in the United States succeeded in creating a new strain of bird flu virus is more powerful. However, this study is stopped and not published for fear will be used by terrorist groups.
Quoted from the BBC, scientists stop research on the recommendation of the National Science Advisory Board (NSABB) about the U.S. Biological Security, last week. @ http://solutions-rv.blogspot.com
Team of scientists combined the Erasmus University in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. found a new strain of bird flu virus is more powerful.
Based on these results, the strain of bird flu that they create can be easily transmitted among the ferret experiments. This is different from the H5N1 virus is difficult to spread from birds to mammals.
Scientists disagree about whether they should publish their research findings in a scientific journal or not. In a letter published in the journals Science and Nature, a team of scientists is calling for the establishment of an international forum to discuss the risks and value of their research.
Finally, they decided to temporarily suspend their studies after receiving a warning from the U.S. government. A U.S. advisory panel has said that the data about the virus could be used by terrorists.
Experts from the NSABB say that this is the right step. Because, if this data falls into the wrong hands, then the biological security experts worry the virus can cause outbreaks more deadly than the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918-1919. Spanish Flu was then killed 40 million people worldwide. (viva news)
