摘要：The conclusion of the much anticipated meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 16-17 on controversial H5N1 research conducted in The Netherlands and the United States has generated many questions about what happened in the meeting and what happens next. Evaluating the meeting’s deliberations, outcome, and implications should keep in mind that the meeting did not attempt to resolve every issue this controversy raised and did not reflect the full range of scientific, public health, biosafety, and biosecurity perspectives about the H5N1 research and what should be done going forward. Nevertheless, the meeting was much anticipated because it was an important step in efforts to develop a global governance process addressing the best ways to handle risky research on dangerous pathogens
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