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Outcomes Related to the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review …

(VAdvert Press Center) Special Briefing, Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Via Teleconference, Washington, DC. MR. VENTRELL: Hi, everyone. This is Patrick from the Press Office. Today we have with us Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Affairs Mr. Thomas Countryman. He’s going to conduct an on-the-record session today to Read More »

December 30, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Studies of deadly H5N1 bird flu mutations test scientific ethics

(Los Angeles Times) Experts said the events signaled a "new phase" for the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which was chartered in 2004 to help assess potential risks of biological research and has never before stepped in so aggressively. …

December 30, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Seventh Review Conference of Biological Weapons Convention Adopts Final…

(IEWY News) The Biological Weapons Convention opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975. It prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, retention, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons and is a key element – along …

December 29, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Biosafety, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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David Hoffman: On biology: promise and peril

(Foreign Policy) We live in an age of breathtaking advances in the life sciences. Achievements in sequencing, or plotting the genetic blueprint of an organism, have been astounding, and may lead to great benefits in public health and medicine. But biological research can be dual-use: that which improves the lot of mankind can also be Read More »

December 29, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret?

(PBS NewsHour) Ray Suarez discusses the question that many in the science, bioterrorism and national security fields are considering with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Bruce Alberts of the journal Science. …