Meeting of new NSABB. For agenda see here.
Two news reports in Science and Nature written within hours of the meeting.
We learn that “Such GOF studies are "crucial" for the selection of each year's candidate vaccine strain because they help WHO identify the riskiest strains in the wild, Schultz-Cherry said.”
Consultation with two senior flu researchers familiar with the selection process of strains for the annual flu vaccine revealed that they disagree with this statement.
