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Science 29 January 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5402, pp. 611 - 613
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.611
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TERRORISM:
Defending Against Bugs and Bytes

Eliot Marshall

President Clinton announced on 22 January at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., that he intends to ask Congress for about $2.85 billion to fight terrorist threats to the U.S. civilian population. If approved as part of his year 2000 budget, the antiterrorism package could provide significant support for a few areas of biomedical research, including vaccine development, genetic studies of human pathogens, and development of high-speed medical diagnostics. It would also give a boost to applied computer science.

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