Category: Issue 561
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Pathogens with Pandemic Potential Topic of Upcoming NSABB Meeting
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has scheduled a public meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) for May 5, 2015, in Bethesda, Maryland. Topics of discussion at the meeting will reportedly include (i) NSABB’s proposed framework for guiding risk and benefit assessments of gain-of-function (GOF) studies involving pathogens and…