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Bio-terrorism: Call for safety measures to avoid risks

(The Express Tribune) The workshop on “Raising Awareness on Dual Use Concerns in Biotechnology” was organised by Department of Biotechnology in collaboration with School of Politics and International Relations Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU). Speakers in their presentations highlighted the great risks associated with the misuse of knowledge and emerging techniques, such as creation of pathogens with Read More »

March 28, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Was Bomb And Anthrax Threat Directed At Fred Phelps?

(WIBW) A threat at a Topeka hospice facility last week appears to have been directed at Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps. Captain Scott Conklin of the Topeka Police Department said that an email was sent to a midland hospice employee that made reference to a bomb and anthrax.

March 28, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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Georgetown student who made ricin in his dorm could face 10 years in prison

(The GW Hatchet) The Georgetown University student who allegedly produced ricin in his dorm room could face at least 10 years in prison for possessing the deadly substance, according to a Washington Post report. Daniel Milzman, 19, who has struggled with depression for years, may have been planning to hurt himself or others, investigators said. Read More »

March 26, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Information poses bigger bioterrorism threat than microbes

(Wired UK) It is the spread of information rather than microbes that poses the biggest bioterrorism threat today, concluded a panel of experts at Chatham House today. Biosafety is no longer simply about controlling substances and microbes, but information, says Laurie Garrett who runs the Council on Foreign Relation’s Public Health Program. While we have Read More »