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Published online 25 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050221-16

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Britain baulks at funding safety research

Chance to gain trust for nanotechnology may be lost, warn scientists.

Britain must commit funds to regulating nanotechnology, if the public is to trust the nascent science. The warning comes from the country's top scientific body, the Royal Society, which is clearly disappointed by the government's failure to act.

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