White House tells universities to police work on dangerous pathogens

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White House tells universities to police work on dangerous pathogens

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-tells-universities-police-dangerous-pathogens-194025765.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gchofhw7VUwfRZZLLXfNEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-24T202132Z_1_LYNXNPEA8N0XK_RTROPTP_2_USA-BUDGET-SEQUESTER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="University of New England biomedical research lab manager Brittany Roy works in Ian Meng's laboratory in Biddeford" align="left" title="University of New England biomedical research lab manager Brittany Roy works in Ian Meng's laboratory in Biddeford" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen and Sharon Begley CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday charged U.S. universities with policing their research on dangerous pathogens that could be used both for legitimate purposes and for biowarfare or bioterrorism. The long-awaited guidelines, issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, lay out a framework for university safety review boards to identify research that falls into this category, known as &quot;dual use research of concern.&quot; Such research must be reported to the federal government, the policy states. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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