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Commentary
Nature 450, 163-164 (8 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450163a; Published online 7 November 2007
Rules of engagement
Patrick L. Taylor1
- Patrick L. Taylor is at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Abstract
Is there an inherent conflict between public debate and free scientific inquiry? Patrick L. Taylor argues that earning public trust is essential to defending scientific freedoms.
Public engagement in scientific research has gone viral. Today, public consultation is invoked for subjects as diverse as war veterans' responses to genomic research, responsible nanotechnology and the use of animal transplants in humans.
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