March 25, 2005
Scientists Question Buildup in Biodefense Spending
Some researchers say that the threat of terrorism is overblown and money is being drained from other microbiology studies
Table: Showing how grants for the study of microbes that could be used as weapons by terrorists has skyrocketed, while grants for basic research in microbiology have fallenEvery year since 1984, Howard A. Shuman has received grant money from the National Institutes of Health for research to study
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