IT GIVES a new meaning to the phrase “publish or perish”. Å®ÉúСÊÓƵs have not been sharing information about bird flu fast enough, say experts. While the World Health Organization keeps a database of viral sequences, access has been restricted, and other researchers have hoarded data for fear of rivals publishing it without giving them credit.
“Å®ÉúСÊÓƵs have not been sharing information about bird flu fast enough”
To tackle these problems, researchers have now formed a consortium called the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, which encourages scientists to deposit findings about the virus in databases such as the US-based…
