Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The bioscience revolution & the biological weapons threat: levers & interventions | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access The bioscience revolution the biological weapons threat levers interventions Mark D Agostino 1 and Greg Martin2 Address Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University Providence Rhode Island USA and 2Faculty of Life Science Genetics Institute University College London London UK Email Mark D Agostino - markdagz@ Greg Martin - drgregmartin@ Corresponding author Published 16 February 2009 Received 7 February 2009 Accepted 16 February 2009 Globalization and Health 2009 5 3 doi l744-8603-5-3 This article is available from http content 5 1 3 2009 D Agostino and Martin licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In December 2008 the US Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism released a report World At Risk. The Report points to the fact that not only is the use of a weapon of mass destruction in a terrorist attack before the end of 2013 more likely than not but also to the fact that terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use biological weapons than nuclear. This paper examines the recommendations of the report in the context of the historic and geopolitical changes in particular globalization. The authors highlight the dual-use dilemma as described in the report as the paradoxical use of technology developed for the benefit of mankind being used for sinister purposes. The mitigation of such a threat lies in broad stakeholder involvement and cooperation including non-state actors governments and the bio-tech industry itself. The importance of vigilance measures within the life science community is emphasized and the authors propose could include a .
