On the need for a national board to assess dual use research of concern

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6535-6537

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Dermody, Terence S ^b   Imperiale, Michael J ^c   Sandri Goldin, Rozanne M ^d   Shenk, Thomas ^e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BIOMEDICINE; DUAL USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 84901327795     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00875-14     Document Type: Editorial

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