October 17, 2003

Scientists Urged to Screen Research to Avoid Aiding Terrorists

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

A panel of the National Research Council last week called for scientists and the federal government to establish safeguards that would prevent biological researchers from inadvertently providing information useful to would-be terrorists or bioweapons inventors working for rogue nations.

In a report, the panel said the National Institutes of Health should have increased power to oversee research financed not only by that agency but also by other agencies and companies. While calling for

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