Moves are afoot that could make individual scientists, not just governments, accountable under international and national bioweapon legislation.
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Grönvall, G. A new role for scientists in the Biological Weapons Convention. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1213–1216 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1005-1213
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