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by Willie Schatz

NEWS ANALYSIS

Science publishing versus security

Email: Willie Schatz - willie@schatzgroup.com
News from The Scientist 2003, 4(1):20030113-07     doi:10.1186/20030113-07

Published 13 January 2003

WASHINGTON, DC — "We can outlaw biological weapons but not the knowledge to make them or resurrect them," John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), warned at a public workshop held January 9 at the National Academies of Science (NAS). Organized by both NAS and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the forum gathered scientists, Administration officials and security experts to discuss whether publication practices in the life sciences could lead to the inadvertent disclosure of "sensitive" information to those who might misuse it.


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