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Published online 24 August 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060821-10
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Bird flu data liberated
Agreement reached, in principle, to release avian influenza data.
Researchers studying avian influenza say they have agreed to share data that were previously being kept behind closed doors — a move they hope will speed insights into the virus that threatens to spark a human pandemic.
Some countries and organizations have come under fire for hoarding genetic information about the virus.
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