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Fears of mutant virus escape halt bird flu study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird flu virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab. In a letter published in the journals Nature and Science on Friday, 39 scientists defended the research as crucial to ...