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Throwing money at biodefense

Nature Biotechnology volume 22, pages 375–378 (2004)Cite this article

US funding for biodefense research continues on an upward trend, but some say the effort is misguided. Laura DeFrancesco reports.

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Figure 1: Historical data on funding of biodefense R&D by selected agencies.
Figure 2: NIAID budget comparison: FY 2003 to FY 2004, president's budget.

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