Tuesday, October 30, 2007

flu lab set to open for 1918 pandemic virus reconstruction

flu lab set to open for 1918 pandemic virus reconstructionfrom citizens for legitimate government: Ebola research may resume, pending outcome of appeal...

UW-Madison 's $12.5 million Institute for Influenza Viral Research, nearing completion at University Research Park, will have a collection of safety and security features the university hasn't seen before. Virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka plans to study several kinds of flu viruses in the institute - including H5N1, the bird flu virus circulating in Asia, and a reconstructed version of the 1918 flu virus, which killed some 50 million people when it spread worldwide...

Jan Klein, UW-Madison 's biological safety officer, said the university may appeal the NIH 's ruling halting the Ebola work.

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