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Risky research: making diseases more deadly

The Naked Scientists Podcast

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Is H Five N One a Pandemic Virus?

Flee expert and phirologist from the universy glasgow, ed hutchinson with us. We knew there was this really nasty strain of avian influenza but didn't know whether it had pandemic potential. A scientist at a conference in malta answered that question when he found out how to test ferrets for flu-like symptoms. From that point on, we knew that h five n one could become a pandemic virus. And it was therefore entirely legitimate to monaster h five n 1 strains - which is what they are doing now.

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