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Studies of altered bird flu strains on hold

A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization has decided to extend a moratorium on research using laboratory-modified -- and potentially dangerous -- strains of bird flu.

The 22-member panel also announced that two controversial papers on the flu, temporarily shelved by the prestigious journals Science and Nature, would not be modified and published in the near future, as originally...

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