Avian flu special: Is this our best shot?

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Check, E
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[1] Nature's Washington biomedical correspondent,
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10.1038/435404a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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We have the means to make a vaccine against pandemic flu. But quarrels over money, science and politics mean it could come too late, says Erika Check.
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