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National Academy Of Sciences Investigating Synthetic Biothreats For Pentagon

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

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National Academy Of Sciences Investigating Synthetic Biothreats For Pentagon

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is leading an interagency study at the behest of the Defense Department to examine the potential threat from synthetic biological agents, when these threats could materialize, and steps the government can take to defend against these threats, a department official said on Thursday.“What we asked the academy to do is kind of separate the science fiction from reality and recognize what reality is today,” Arthur Hopkins, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Nuclear,…

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