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The Societal Impacts of Synthetic Biology

(Synthetic Biology Project) A new online survey seeks public opinion about the most pressing ethical, legal, and social implications of synthetic biology. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is soliciting public opinion on the most critical ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) for synthetic biology in a new online survey, which will provide guidance Read More »

March 15, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biotechnology, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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USDA Finally Ready to Adopt International BSE Standards

(Food Safety News) More than eight years ago, an adult Holstein cow on a cattle ranch near the edge of Washington state’s Yakima Valley became the first-ever diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on U.S. soil. BSE, or Mad Cow Disease, was an international issue long before that diseased Holstein turned up. Yet, U.S. import Read More »

March 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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South Korea Not Prepared For Smallpox Attack by North: Report

(Global Security Newswire) South Korea is still not able to handle the effects of a smallpox attack by North Korea, which is judged to have the ability to manufacture the lethal virus, the Korea Herald reported on Monday. Pyongyang’s biological weapon abilities include the capacity to reconstitute from available digital genetic sequences the highly virulent Read More »

March 13, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Dutch export rules could block publication of Fouchier H5N1 study

(CIDRAP News) In a new twist in the ongoing controversy over publication of two studies involving H5N1 viruses with increased transmissibility, there are indications that the Dutch government may consider using export regulations to …

March 13, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Flu Research Could Suffer From H5N1 Controversy, Experts Say

(Global Security Newswire) Influenza research could suffer as a result of efforts to play down the danger of the avian flu virus in order to win full release of data from two studies that yielded more communicable versions of the pathogen, the Canadian Press on Friday quoted experts as saying. Bioterrorism concerns prompted the U.S. Read More »