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Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Threats, Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological warfare.
- Biotechnology.
- Bioterrorism.
- Electronic books. -- local.
- Local Subjects:
- Biological warfare.
- Biotechnology.
- Bioterrorism.
- Electronic books. -- local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : National Academies Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Biomedical advances have made it possible to identify and manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways--leading to improvements in public health, agriculture, and other areas. The globalization of scientific and technical expertise also means that many scientists and other individuals around the world are generating breakthroughs in the life sciences and related technologies. The risks posed by bioterrorism and the proliferation of biological weapons capabilities have increased concern about how the rapid advances in genetic engineering and biotechnology could enable the production of biological weapons with unique and unpredictable characteristics. Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of Life Sciences examines current trends and future objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and biomedical science that contain applications relevant to developments in biological weapons 5 to 10 years into the future and ways to anticipate, identify, and mitigate these dangers.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Framing the Issue""; ""2 Global Drivers and Trajectories of Advanced Life Sciences Technologies""; ""3 Advances in Technologies with Relevance to Biology: The Future Landscape""; ""4 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""APPENDIX B Committee Meetings""; ""APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610506613
- 9780309164757
- 0309164753
- 9781280506611
- 128050661X
- 9780309654180
- 0309654181
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