NSABB

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NSABBNational Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (Bethesda, MD)
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The National Academies held several symposia, the NSABB produced a range of reports, and the government issued two policies on the oversight of DURC.
Biosecurity governance for the real world
In addition, the recent H5N1 research highlighted concerns from NSABB into issuing requirements for the review of Dual Use Research of Concern.
Trends in United States biological materials oversight and Institutional Biosafety Committees
On the heels of the NSABB decision, 39 influenza researchers including Fouchier and Kawaoka voluntarily agreed to a 60-day moratorium on H5N1 research, (7) which was later informally extended.
One study, two paths: the challenge of dual-use research
Concerned journal editors and peer reviewers sought advice from the NSABB, a federally chartered committee of 25 outside experts that advises the government on possible public health threats posed by biological research.
Can censorship stop bioterrorism? Open science is the best defense against a deadly avian flu attack
Fouchier said his revised version made clear that the mutant virus is "much less lethal" than the NSABB had previously believed.
Mutant bird flu less lethal , says paper s author
But following a meeting last week the NSABB withdrew its objections and recommended that revised copies of the papers, which include the same data as before but explain their results more clearly, should be published, according to the Telegraph.
Controversial bird flu studies cleared for publication
Even before the first meeting of the NSABB, the system was put to test.
Dual dual-use research of concern: publish and perish?
The NSABB is composed of experts in biological sciences, law, security, and other areas and federal officials representing agencies that fund life sciences research.
Oversight of dual-use biological research: the National Science Advisory Board for biosecurity
role of the NSABB is to advise governmental agencies on policies related
The case against blanket First Amendment protection of scientific research: articulating a more limited scope of protection
The article also touches, if briefly, on the current oversight issues in biosecurity, mentioning self-governance models of the National Scientific Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB) that emerged from recommendations in the 2003 National Academies' report Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism.
Regulating genetic research and applications
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which wanted the work censored before it was published in scientific journals.
Deadly bird flu studies to be kept secret for now over fear of bioterrorism risks
National Academy of Sciences, and the establishment in the United States of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
A tale of two studies: ethics, bioterrorism, and the Censorship of Science
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