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Campus Connection: Feds ask that bird flu study conducted at UW-Madison be censored

A committee that advises the federal government on biosecurity issues is recommending that the details of two experiments on the H5N1 avian influenza virus — including research conducted by UW-Madison bird flu expert Yoshihiro Kawaoka — not be made public due to fears that terrorists could use the information to create a bioweapon.