Thursday, a US Senate committee held a hearing to examine how the government should regulate the dual use research of concern (DURC) which could be used to the good and the bad. The hearings come in the wake of a controversy over two studies that show how to make the virus of H5N1 avian influenza transmissible between mammals, potentially triggering a pandemic. In response to this incident, the US government recently adopted new rules for the consideration of certain proposed studies for DURC, and other countries are considering similar rules.
But some biological research just too dangerous to publish or perform first? Are the rules Durc bottle unnecessarily potentially beneficial research? Or they are far from protecting us? How to find the right balance between the free flow of science and the need for security?
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Further reading .:
- A flawed process flu Papers?
- Public Health, Biosecurity, and H5N1
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