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In Brief – Everywhere You Look: Select Agent Pathogens

The United States regulates more than 80 human, animal, and plant pathogens as part of the Select Agent Program,1 imposing strict controls on access by U.S. researchers and laboratories. However, almost all of these pathogens are also found in nature. The map associated with this article depicts the countries in which select agent pathogens caused  Read More »

Author:
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Publish Date:
March 2011

Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences: Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons

This publication examines a variety of attempts to bring greater awareness to security concerns associated with the life sciences. It identifies lessons from practical initiatives across a wide range of national contexts as well as more generic reflections about education and ethics. In offering their assessment about what must be done and by whom, each  Read More »

Author:
The Australian National University, Edited by Brian Rappert
Publish Date:
July 2010