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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Michael J. Imperiale

Michael joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB.

Links for this episode:

• About the NSABB
• The Kawaoka paper (Nature)
• Mutant flu paper published (Ed Yong)
• Osterholm letter (pdf)
• US policy for dual research of concern (pdf)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 182

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