A survey of attitudes and actions on dual use research in the life sciences : a collaborative effort of the National Research Council and the American Association for the Advancement of Science / Committee on Assessing Fundamental Attitudes of Life Scientists as a Basis for Biosecurity Education, [and] Development, Security and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, [and] Board on Life Sciences Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies, in collaboration with AAAS.

"The same technologies that fuel scientific advances also pose potential risks--that the knowledge, tools, and techniques gained through legitimate biotechnology research could be misused to create biological weapons or for bioterrorism. This is often called the dual use dilemma of the life sci...

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