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Published online 16 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030210-16

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Biologists undertake bioterror surveillance

Scientists and journals agree to watch for risky research.

Biologists should shoulder responsibility for censoring research that bioterrorists could misuse, a group of scientists and journal editors declared this weekend.

The announcement was made at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver, Colorado.

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