http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/20/do-it-yourself-biology-need-for-panic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/20/do-it-yourself-biology-need-for-panic/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:24:26 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24243 Disagreements have arisen within the science community about whether or not it is safe and ethical to publish results concerning two new mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus. The controversy is part of an ongoing debate about the safety and practice of unregulated biotechnology and the role of censorship in science. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/20/do-it-yourself-biology-need-for-panic/feed/ 0