July 15, 2005
New Biosecurity Board Ponders Limits on Research That Might Help Terrorists
Scientists and government officials must avoid censoring or blocking legitimate research on infectious diseases in the name of preventing terrorists from using those findings, said members of a federal advisory committee that held its first meeting late last month. But the panelists agreed that they faced complex decisions about what limits to propose.
The new National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity was asked by the Bush administration to develop ways of balancing the need to
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