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Saturday, February 15, 2003

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find related articles. powered by google. BBC Bioterror fears impact free science

"A group of leading scientific journals has announced measures aimed at restricting the publication of research which could be used by bioterrorists.

In a joint statement, the journals' editors say it is crucial that concerns over terrorism do not affect the release of valuable medical research.

But they say they recognise there may be occasions when new research data should be withheld from publication because it could be abused.

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find related articles. powered by google. Genomeweb Should Bioterror Fear Make Sequences Secret? For TIGR's Fraser It's a Qualified No

"Despite fears that bioterrorists will use DNA sequence data to create 21st century superpathogens, genomic science should remain public, The Institute for Genomic Research head Claire Fraser said at a special National Academies meeting on national security and the life sciences last week.

Her explanation: genomics just isn't good enough yet to provide the kind of tools terrorists need."

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find related articles. powered by google. BioMedNet More bad news
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"Scientific information that the US government wants to keep mum, but which can't officially be labeled "classified," has been designated "sensitive but unclassified." One example is the National Academy of Science's recent report on agricultural bioterrorism. Its chapter on bioterror case studies is available only on a need-to-know basis. Other professional groups may find themselves in the same boat, but the rules governing the category are anything but clear.

Reference: Enserink, M. 2002. Entering the twilight zone of what material to censor. Science 298(5598):1548."



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