# 6314
As promised, some additional reports on the publication in Nature today of Yoshiro Kawaoka’s H5N1 study (see Nature Publishes The Kawaoka H5N1 Study).
First from Carl Zimmer, an in-depth (and extremely well done) explainer of the issues surrounding the publication of this study.
Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer
Ed Yong for Discover Magazine writes:
Mutant flu paper is finally published, reveals pandemic potential of wild viruses
And the journal Nature runs an editorial:
Nature | Editorial
- Nature 485,5 (03 May 2012)
- doi:10.1038/485005a
Imperfect global biosafety standards and a threat to researchers' motivations from biosecurity concerns are among the significant risks in current flu research.
Via The Scientist we get the following.
Bird Flu Transmission in Mammals
After much ado, Nature publishes the first report of a bird flu virus adapted for transmission in ferrets. By Ruth Williams | May 2, 2012
And lastly, from Science Magazine:
One of Two Hotly Debated H5N1 Papers Finally Published
by Martin Enserink and Jon Cohen on 2 May 2012, 1:18 PM
