[The finding that Spanish flu came straight from birds has raised concerns among scientists. Previously, a pandemic was only thought likely if an avian strain merged with a human flu virus.] For me, it raises even more concern than I already had about the pending potential of a flu pandemic, ... It looks as though an avian strain evolved in 1918 and that led to the deadly outbreak, in much the same way as we're now seeing the Asian avian flu strains evolve. |
It's not just anthrax strains that this is going to help with, but all infectious diseases, in finding their sources. |
The fact we now have a number of sites in the genome to look at helps us eliminate some labs, and concentrate on others, |
The fact we now have a number of sites in the genome to look at helps us eliminate some labs, and concentrate on others. |
We need to embrace the development of codes. What we really need to do is create a culture of responsibility. |