1. Should Life Science Information Be Restricted?
- Author
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Kaser, Dick
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NATIONAL security , *BIOTERRORISM , *BIOTECHNOLOGY , *SCIENCE , *SCIENTIFIC communication , *ANTHRAX - Abstract
Discusses whether scientific communication can stay open in an age of bioterrorism. Whether the scientists should continue publishing their findings or if they should go undercover with their work; National security and anthrax; Claim that open discourse is required for a nation to lead in science; Publication of a paper by Eckard Wimmer in the July 2002 issue of 'Science' magazine on how to manufacture the polio virus; 'Science' chastised for printing the paper; Statement that the harm in publishing information may be greater than the benefits; Whether biodefense is the best offense. INSET: Why All the Fuss? Nothing Has Changed, Say Officials.
- Published
- 2003