Global Biodefense June 14, 2022
The NIH will hold a virtual stakeholder engagement meeting on the United States government’s policies for the oversight of life sciences dual use research of concern (DURC) on June 29, 2022. DURC provides knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security. USG Policy for Oversight aims to preserve the benefits of life sciences research while minimizing the risk that the knowledge, information, products, or technologies generated by such research could be used in a manner that results in harm. The meeting aims to gather feedback from stakeholders about their experiences implementing the policies that affect these policies in terms of achieving their stated goals, the overarching definition of DURC, and possible alternative approaches for the oversight and responsible conduct of DURC. Science Safety Security …read more.