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...database of plants and animals that have commercial potential as medicines and foods. Companies that see a scientifically verified, patented discovery advertised on the database would pay--through the central government, to the appropriate tribe--a fee for the classified information. Afterward, should a new menstrual-pain remedy or strain of soybean be commercialized as a result, the company would then be required to pay the community royalties...
...virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm...
...Defra said initial sequencing of the strain of the virus on the Regrave Park Farm shows a close relationship to a strain that caused an outbreak in Bavaria, Germany, in August. This suggests that the virus was carried across the North Sea by migratory birds, although Defra said it is also investigating the possibility that it was brought over by humans, perhaps in infected turkey feed...
...While H5N1 is difficult for humans to catch, experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, sparking a deadly flu pandemic. Microbiologist Hugh Pennington of the University of Aberdeen said the latest outbreak is part of a "steady creep westward" by the strain from its original hothouse of Southeast Asia...
...encouraging, as the more time that passes without it mutating suggests it might not be able to mutate into a form that could cause a pandemic. But influenza is so unpredictable it's impossible to say for sure what will happen with this strain," he said...