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Nature 437, 794-795 (6 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437794a; Published online 5 October 2005

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Special Report The 1918 flu virus is resurrected

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The recreation of one of the deadliest diseases known could help us to prevent another pandemic. Or it might trigger one, say critics. Andreas von Bubnoff investigates whether the benefits outweigh the risks.

It is thought to have killed 50 million people, and yet scientists have brought it back to life. In this issue of Nature, scientists publish an analysis of the full genome sequence of the 1918 human influenza virus.

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