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Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 97-98

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... Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AG Australia Group ASM American Society for Microbiology BWC Biological Weapons Convention CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats CUI Controlled unclassified information DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency DURC Dual use research of concern EAR Export Administration Regulations EASAC European Academies Scientific Advisory Council FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FESAP Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel FOIA Freedom of Information Act GOF Gain-of-function GOFROC Gain-of-function Research of Concern HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ICSU International Council for Science iGEM international Genetically Engineered Machines competition IRE Institutional Review Entity ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulation 97
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... 98 APPENDIX C MERS Middle East respiratory syndrome NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NIH U.S. National Institutes of Health NRC National Research Council NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity NSDD-189 National Security Decision Directive-189 OSTP White House Office of Science and Technology Policy PATRIOT Act Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 PI Principal Investigator PIP Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PPP Pathogens of pandemic potential SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome Synbio LEAP Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNSC United Nations Security Council WHO World Health Organization
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