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英国《自然》杂志刊登了一篇有关致命性禽流感病毒变异研究的论文。科学家在实验室研究中,对禽流感病毒进行基因改造。变异研究的消息一经传出便引发巨大争议,致使很多人陷入恐慌之中。令美国生物安全专家担心的是,变异的禽流感病毒可能被恐怖分子利用进而引发灾难性后果。
A paper published in the journal Nature in the United Kingdom on the study of mutations in the deadly bird flu virus. Scientists genetically modified the bird flu virus in laboratory studies. As soon as the news of mutation research came out, there was a huge controversy that caused many people to panic. What worries U.S. biosecurity experts is that the mutated bird flu virus could be exploited by terrorists and cause disastrous consequences.