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The United States has become preoccupied with the threat of bioterrorism — the potential for the poisoning of the milk supply with botulinum toxin, the hypothetical dissemination of smallpox by self-infected terrorists, the possibility of a massive release of aerosolized anthrax spores in the subway, even the newly raised specter of misuse of a reconstructed 1918 influenza virus. These concerns have had important consequences for the biomedical research agenda, funding priorities, and the regulatory environment.

In fiscal year 2003, $1.5 billion was allocated for biodefense research to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These new research dollars, which have been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Relman is an associate professor in the Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., chief of infectious diseases at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, Calif., and a member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.

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