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Title: GLOBALIZATION, BIOSECURITY, AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIFE SCIENCES
By: Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their , Development, Security, and Cooperation, Board on Global Health
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0309100321
ISBN 13: 9780309100328
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Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Pub. date: 7 June, 2006
Pages: 318
Description: Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and biomedical science that contain applications relevant to developments in biological weapons and ways to anticipate, identify, and mitigate these dangers.
Synopsis: 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.
Illustrations: Illustrations, maps
Publication: US
Imprint: National Academies Press
Returns: Returnable
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