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Nature 421, 197 (16 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421197a

US officials urge biologists to vet publications for bioterror risk

Erika Check

Biologists need to devise a better process for handling the publication of unclassified research that bioterrorists could use, senior US government officials said last week.The warning came at a meeting of scientific leaders, national-security professionals and government aides at the National Academies of Science (NAS) on 9 January.