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Harnessing Innovative Biotechnologies for National Security in Material and Human Dimensions
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... BOX 1 Statement of Task The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc study committee that is associated with the Standing Committee on Biotechnology Needs and Intelligence Capabilities to produce a brief, classified consensus report linking advanced biotechnologies to national security capability needs and to identify potential pathways for their adoption. With the assistance of staff and the sponsors, the ad hoc committee will develop unclassified questions related to critical national security capability needs to guide the Standing Committee's identification of biotechnologies.
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