Learn how to assess and prevent biosecurity threats to protect public health and national security With contributions from experts in all facets of biosecurity, this book explains the fundamental elements of biosecurity as well as the related concepts of biosafety and biosurety,…
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"This book defines the concepts of biosecurity, biosafety, and biosurety and shows how they relate to one another under the overall framework of biodefense. The book also addresses biosecurity strategies for non-laboratory settings, including private sector facilities, the trans…
Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of "biosecurity," the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies. Biosecurity encompasses both the natural occurrence of deadly disease outbreaks and the deliber…
"Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of "biosecurity," the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies. Biosecurity encompasses both the natural occurrence of deadly disease outbreaks and the delibe…
Biodefense: research methodology and animal models
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The importance attached to rapidly developing our biodefensive capabilities has resulted in significantly increased funding for biodefense research. Accordingly, researchers will respond with an effort equal to the challenge, producing an impressive body of findings. To ensure …
"This book tells the story of how the fragile and still-uncertain machinery of global health security was cobbled together over a two-decade period, beginning in the early 1990s. It is neither a heroic account of visionary planning by enlightened health authorities, nor a sinist…
Seeking security: pathogens, open access, and genome databases
by National Center for Biotechnology Information (É.-U.), National Research Council (États-Unis)., Committee on Genomics Databases for Bioterrorism Threat Agents, National Academy of Sciences (États-Unis), National Research Council (États-Unis)., Committee on Genomics Databases for Bioterrorism Threat Agents., Washington, D.C.)
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"The National Academies committee organized a 1-day workshop on the public release of genome data on bioterrorism-threat agents, which was held in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2003. About 40 invited scientists and policy experts who work in government, private industry, and aca…
The author provides a thorough and even-handed examination of the weapons themselves--the various types and effects--and their evolution from World War I to the present.
