Office of Biotechnology Activities    National Institutes of Health - Office of Science Policy   Dual Use Research   The Dual Use Research Program is a focal point for the development of policies addressing life sciences research that yield information or technologies with the potential to be misused to threaten public health or national security.     OBA's activities to address such "dual use" research include convening and managing the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).     To learn more about the issue of dual use research in the life sciences, please watch the following educational video produced by the NIH:

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