Editor's Summary
26 January 2006
Open question
China's recent SARS outbreak put the spotlight on the nation's scientists. Many labs cast their usual work aside to tackle SARS biochemistry, epidemiology and immunology. Chinese scientists continue to publish important work in the field, which is good news for the global response to any infectious diseases newly emerging from Asia. But will the government foster the openness that such responses need?
Editorial: Chinese hesitancy on avian flu
The time has come for China to start pulling its weight as a participant in the global response to bird flu — and to learn to collaborate more openly.
doi:10.1038/439369a
News Feature: China: Open season
SARS caught China unawares. But the ensuing struggle to characterize and contain the virus has put the country's work on infectious diseases back on target. Apoorva Mandavilli reports.
doi:10.1038/439382a