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Between Publishing and Perishing? H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy
May 3, 2012 | Michael TuRecently, researchers in the Netherlands and the United States identified genetic mutations that could enable H5N1 bird flu to become easily transmissible from one human to another. Controversy has emerged about whether the details of these two particularly sensitive H5N1 studies should be openly published to aid global pandemic preparedness or withheld in the interests of national security. Because similar trade-offs will emerge frequently in the field of biotechnology, the task of devising effective management strategies for so-called "dual-use research of concern" will continue to increase in both complexity and importance.
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New Tuberculosis Lab Hailed as Breakthrough in Health Diplomacy
March 12, 2010 | Louise S. Gresham, PhD, MPHPublished in Science magazine, the article details the threat of a tuberculosis epidemic in North Korea and efforts undertaken by NTI and others to build a tuberculosis lab.
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Tuberculosis: North Korea Develops TB Laboratory with Help from American Doctors
March 2, 2010 | Louise S. Gresham, PhD, MPHPublished in The New York Times, the article details NTI's support for the development of a laboratory in North Korea that will be capable of identifying drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
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The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
June 14, 2007 | Sam NunnRecognizing that we have arrived at a dangerous tipping point in the nuclear era, Senator Nunn spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations about the path that he, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and Bill Perry have charted for advancing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons linked to specific steps to reduce nuclear dangers.
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Remarks to the Pacific Health Summit
June 11, 2007 | Sam NunnSam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
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Security and Public Health: How and Why do Public Health Emergencies Affect the Security of a Country?
Jan. 24, 2007 | Tamara R. Chapman, Raymond A. ZilinskasIn this 2007 article, Tamara Chapman and Raymond Zilinskas discuss the many challenges a public health emergency, such as a disease outbreak, can present for the security of a country.
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Is the Avian Influenza Virus a Suitable Agent for a Biological Weapon?
Jan. 11, 2007 | Amanda N. Koch, Burke K. ZimmermanAmanda Koch and Burke Zimmerman investigate the potential for avian influenza to be used as a biological weapon agent.
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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. testifies before the House Committee on Government Reform
April 9, 2003 | Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.Dr. Hamburg testifies on important concerns raised by the emergence and ongoing response to the SARS outbreak, as well as broader issues of emerging infections, public health and security.
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Announcement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
Dec. 2, 2002 | Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Sam NunnAnnouncement of the WHO-NTI Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
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