Scientists plan new, potentially controversial bird flu research

Flu researchers Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier found themselves in the middle of a firestorm when, in 2011, they reported how, in separate experiments, they had created mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu that were able to pass easily between ferrets -- mammals often studied to understand how flu passes between people.



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