Published: March 16, 2023 8.31am EDT

https://theconversation.com/as-bird-flu-continues-to-spread-in-the-us-and-worldwide-whats-the-risk-that-it-could-start-a-human-pandemic-4-questions-answered-200204

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1. Sara SawyerProfessor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
2. Emma Worden-SapperPhD Student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
3. Sharon WuPhD Student in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder

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Sara Sawyer is a co-founder of Darwin Biosciences. She receives funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Emma Worden-Sapper and Sharon Wu do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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