At the time, the NSABB held its nerve, apparently concluding that the benefits of full disclosure outweighed the risks.
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Some are frustrated by what they see as overblown misgivings by the NSABB.
But it is being held up by a review being undertaken by the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
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After the anthrax attacks of 2001, America created the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) to advise the health department.
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The work was subsequently published in Science and Nature after the NSABB concluded that the benefits of making it public outweighed the risks.
The NSABB has asked Science to publish only an abbreviated version.
The American restrictions have since been eased, following a change of heart by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which advises the government on research financed from the federal kitty.
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Others praise the NSABB's intervention as prescient.
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