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Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Reisk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 3 (2011)
The penultimate draft of an assessment of the risks associated with opening the proposed National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory at Boston University is a substantial improvement over past documents reviewed in previous National Research Council reports. The risk assessment is now closer to reaching its goal of being "scientifically and technically sound" and, in general, addresses the concerns raised in previous National Researc... More >>
Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents (2011)
Transformational Medical Technologies, a component of the Department of Defense, funds the development of medical countermeasures to protect warfighters against potential biothreats such as emerging infectious agents and toxins and future genetically engineered biological weapons. Because these pathogens are potentially lethal or cause debilitating diseases in humans, it is ethically impermissible to test the effectiveness of medica... More >>
Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease (2011)
A new data network that integrates emerging research on the molecular makeup of diseases with clinical data on individual patients could drive the development of a more accurate classification of disease and ultimately enhance diagnosis and treatment. Recent advances in biomedical research have caused an explosion of data, offering the potential to develop a "new taxonomy" that defines disease based on underlying molecular and environmenta... More >>
Life Sciences and Related Fields: Trends Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention (2011)
In October 2010, almost 80 scientists and policy makers from 28 countries came together at a workshop to discuss how trends in the life sciences and related fields might be relevant to biological and chemical weapons nonproliferation as laid out in the Biological Weapons Convention. Article 1 of the convention prohibits "microbial or other biological agents, or toxins…of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic... More >>
Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential: An International Faculty Development Project on Education About the Responsible Conduct of Science (2011)
Education is key to engaging the life sciences community in efforts to recognize and mitigate potential misuse of scientific research. As centers for innovative research colleges and universities are where future scientists receive their introduction to the norms of scientific conduct. Thus, they are especially important for educating faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and technical staff about research wit... More >>
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