Continuing Crossfire Over Flu Papers

摘要

A senior U.S. health official has disputed charges that the government tried to prearrange an advisory panel's recommendation to publish two controversial studies that describe how to make the H5N1 avian influenza virus transmissible in mammals. In late March, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) said the two studies should see the light of day, essentially reversing an earlier decision (Science, 4 May, p. 529).