Amid controversy, a cadre of experts met in February at the World Health Organization to debate the publication of experiments that, in an effort to understand mechanisms of its evolution, made a deadly form of bird flu more contagious in mammals. This Forum event, presented in collaboration with Reuters, examined questions raised by the possible publication of the information and the security issues faced by labs legitimately working with this virus. This event was part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.
February 15, 2012
