Balancing Openness and Security in Biomedicine
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, “Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences” (http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309100321/html), National Academies Press, 2006.
An excerpt from the summary by Research Research:
A new report from the National Research Council favors the “free and open” exchange of information in the life sciences, but also recommends the development of explicit global codes of ethics as well as the creation of “authorities” around the world to monitor and respond to potential misuse of biomedical capabilities. The report emphasizes the importance of ensuring that the results of fundamental research remain unrestricted, unless issues of national security require that they be classified, and it also stresses that any biosecurity regulations should be scientifically sound and non-obstructive to the progress of biology.
Research Research Feb 1, 2006
http://www.researchresearch.co.uk/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory&type=default&elementID=58860
