Dutch authorities say work on an avian flu virus that is transmissible between mammals cannot be published without an export permit. MEDICAL RF.COM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Mutant-Flu Researcher Plans To Publish Even Without Permission -- Nature
Virologist plans to defy Dutch government over export permit requirement for avian flu paper.
Ron Fouchier, a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose work on H5N1 avian flu virus has been at the centre of controversy, says that he is prepared to defy government demands and submit the work to Science without seeking the export permit that the Dutch government says is required.
A government official says that such an action could incur penalties including up to six years' imprisonment.
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My Comment: Pandora's Box is now open.
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