Empowerment and restraint in scientific communication: New developments make it easier to share information, but more difficult to deal with dual-use biology

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Campbell, Philip ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; E-MAIL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LAW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER REVIEW; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 33745630673     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400710     Document Type: Article

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