The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to investigate claims that the swine flu currently infecting the world was the result of genetic experiments by scientists which then leaked from a laboratory.

The extraordinary claims were made by 75-year-old Australian researcher Adrian Gibbs, who was part of the team behind development of the Tamiflu drug. Gibbs contends the deadly H1N1 strain may have been accidentally born in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and in vaccine research.

"One of the simplest explanations is that it's a laboratory escape," Gibbs said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "But there are lots of others."

Earlier, Gibbs had said his escape theory was formulated because the strain looks to have evolved at a faster than normal rate.
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