Abstract
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 12 August 2014Sec. Infectious Agents and Disease Volume 2 - 2014 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00117
Highlights
The history of the research with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 and the publication of the results of that research is reminiscent of the Buddhist “Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant.” In the parable, the Buddha relates a story of a raja who, when confronted with disputatious scholars, gathered blind men and presented each man with a part of an elephant, telling him “here is an elephant.” The raja asked each man to describe the animal
There still is no consensus regarding the manner of the oversight of life-sciences dual-use research of concern (DURC)
The primary author of the manuscript intended for publication in Nature was Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ph.D., DVM, of the University of WisconsinMadison and the University of Tokyo; the primary author of the manuscript intended for publication in Science was Ron A.M
Summary
The history of the research with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 and the publication of the results of that research is reminiscent of the Buddhist “Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant.” In the parable, the Buddha relates a story of a raja who, when confronted with disputatious scholars, gathered blind men and presented each man with a part of an elephant, telling him “here is an elephant.” The raja asked each man to describe the animal.
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