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Editorial


Nature Medicine 8, 899 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0902-899

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The September 11 terrorist atrocities and the subsequent bioterrorism visited upon the US led to new rules governing the possession of select agents, a list of 36 pathogens that have potential in biowarfare. This legislation is proving burdensome to some research institutions, but it is appreciated that in the current global political climate these steps are necessary and important.