Healh experts worry that flu research will unleash new dangers
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that in order to conduct certain kinds of research into the H5N1 influenza virus, scientists could be creating newer and more dangerous forms of the virus that could ultimately pose a risk to public health.
While the WHO did concede that studies on the risks posed by the H5N1 virus should proceed, it reminded scientists that they must abide by the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework introduced in May of 2011 and adopted by all WHO member states