It has been reported that the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has asked the editors of the journals Science and Nature not to publish the details of recent findings over bird flu. It has been informed that researchers of Netherlands and the US have found stronger strain of bird flu also known as H5N1.

The bird flu was first found discovered in 1975 and since then it has been taking toll over human. But now, the researchers have found ways of transmitting it to mammals. The authorities concerned are worried that if the details of the research are made public then there are high chances of it being misused.

The authorities are worried that the outcome of the publication could be similar to that of "Spanish flu" of 1918-1919, which took lives of 50 million people. The similar outbreak was also witnessed in 1957 and 1968 and killed more than three million people.

Paul Keim, the chair of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, said that it is essential to withheld the information about the detail of the findings as it could be used a dangerous biological weapon by the terrorists.

While asking the editors of the journals to withhold the information, Keim said, "The US government is the one that paid for these experiments. But it needs to be a global effort. This is such a dangerous biological weapon, it would not be controllable. Whoever used it would doubtlessly decimate their own people as well".

However, there are a few scientists who are of the view that the information should not be withheld from the scientists as they have the right of having the information. Therefore, the authorities are now working on finding ways by which the information would be shared without putting the lives of innocent people in danger.