February 22, 2013 - U.S. announces avian influenza research guidelines

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February 22, 2013 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise News for animal health professionals   Veterinary Medicine Update    U.S. announces avian influenza research guidelines The U.S. government has released guidelines for future avian influenza research, moving domestic researchers under a voluntary moratorium closer to resuming their work on the virus. The guidelines require a detailed analysis of the risks and benefits associated with making the virus more dangerous before government funding will be made available. At the University of Wisconsin's Influenza Research Institute, where a professor produced an avian influenza strain that was transmissible between ferrets, no structural changes are necessary, but proposals for new work will have to undergo the additional review. 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