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How to make microbes safer

Nature volume 394, pages 217–218 (1998)Cite this article

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Much could be gained by building closer links between international efforts to protect society from natural and engineered microorganisms, and parallel efforts to prevent the threat of microorganisms as biological weapons.

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  1. the Department of Peace Studies University of Bradford, He was formerly director general and chief executive of the UK Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK

    Graham S. Pearson

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Pearson, G. How to make microbes safer. Nature 394, 217–218 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/28260

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