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Op-Ed – Dual-Use Research: Is it possible to protect the public without encroaching rights?
T. Tosin Fadeyi, Master’s Candidate, Biotechnology (Biodefense and Biosecurity Concentration), University of Maryland Read More »
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Book Review: Bioinsecurity and Vulnerability
Reviewed by T. Tosin Fadeyi Edited by Nancy N. Chen and Lesley A. Read More »
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Op-Ed – Microbial Forensic Attribution: Where Science Meets International Relations
Christopher A. Bidwell, JD, Senior Fellow for Nonproliferation Law and Policy, Federation of American Read More »
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Op-Ed – Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing Initial International Research Priorities
Committee on Science Needs Microbial Forensics: Developing an Initial International Roadmap, Board on Read More »
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Op-Ed – A Necessary Biopreparedness Priority: Strengthening the Medical Countermeasures Enterprise
Christina England, Master’s Candidate, Security Policy, University of Maryland School of Public Policy; Read More »
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About Virtual Biosecurity Center
Cures that Kill: Biosecurity and the Dual-Use Dilemma
China represents a key player in biosecurity negotiations, as it has been both the victim of one of the worst biowarfare campaigns of the 20th century, at the hands of the Japanese, and has been a source of numerous emerging and re-emerging diseases, SARS and H5N1 being the best known. Of equal importance to China’s role as an international biosecurity actor is the burgeoning growth of its life science and biotechnology industries. This paper contains observations from an ongoing study into biosecurity in China. It is based on interviews and discussions in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou with life scientists and policy makers in infectious disease hospitals, district level Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offices, university research labs, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Health.”
By Michael Barr
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