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Conference / Meeting Documents Top
OECD
Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (BRCs)
- Date: March, 2007
- Author(s): OECD
The Bioeconomy in 2030: A Policy Agenda
- Date: May, 2005
- Author(s): OECD
Chairman’s Summary from OECD Conference on “Responsible Stewardship in the Biosciences: Avoiding Potential Abuse of Research and Resources”
- Date: 17 – 19 September, 2004
- Author(s): Michael Oborne
Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth and development
- Date: 19 – 20 January, 2004
- Author(s): OECD
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
2005 Draft Report of the Meeting of Experts
- Date: 23 June, 2005
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
BTWC Intercessional Experts Meeting Documents
- Date: 2003-2005
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
BTWC Review Conferences Documents
- Date: 1980, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, & 2002
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
European Commission
Conference on the ethical implications of scientific research on bioweapons and prevention of bioterrorism (Report)
- Date: 3-4 February, 2004
- Author(s): Line Matthiessen-Guyader (editor)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In the Public Interest: Report of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Access to and Disclosure of Scientific Information
- Date: 12 June, 2002
- Author(s): Sheila E. Widnall, et al.
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Access to Research Data in the 21st Century: An Ongoing Dialogue Among Interested Parties (Workshop Report)
- Date: 2002
- Author(s): Donald Kennedy et al.
New Defence Agenda (NDA)
Countering Bioterrorism: How can Europe and the United States work together? (Summary Report)
- Date: 25 April, 2005
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Next Generation Threat Reduction: Bioterrorism's Challenges and Solutions (Summary Report)
- Date: 25 January, 2005
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Countering Bioterrorism: Science, Technology and Oversight (Summary Report)
- Date: 18 October, 2004
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Countering Bioterrorism: Prevention and Protection (Summary Report)
International Symposium: "Securing High Consequence Pathogens and Toxins" (Summary)
- Date: June, 2004
- Author(s): Sandia National Laboratories
Global Biosecurity:
The Vital Role of
Academic Leadership
- Date: Fall 2005
- Author(s): David Franz, Randall Murch, & Peter Singer
Reports Top
Association of American Universities (AAU)
The Impact of Restricting Information Access on Science and Technology
- Date: None Given
- Author(s): Alice P. Gast
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2005 Carnegie Challenge, Biosecurity: a 21 st Century Challenge
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): M.J. Zuckerman
Center for American Progress
Biosecurity: A Comprehensive Action Plan
- Date: June 2006
- Author(s): Andrew J. Grotto and Jonathan B. Tucker
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Security Controls on Scientific
Information and the Conduct of
Scientific Research
- Date: June 200
- Author(s): CSIS
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI)
Reducing the Biological Threat: New Thinking, New Approaches
Homeland Security Institute
Limiting the Contribution of the Open Scientific Literature to the Biological Weapons Threat
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Jonathan Tucker
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences (2006)
- Date: 2006
- Author(s): Stanley Lemon et al.
An International perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks: Report of a Workshop
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): Stanley Lemon et al.
Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): Gerald Fink et al.
Scientific Communication and National Security
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
A Code of Conduct for Biosecurity
- Date: August, 2007
- Author(s): The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Society
The Roles of Codes of Conduct in Preventing the Misuse of Scientific Research
- Date: March, 2005
- Author(s): The Royal Society
A Survey of Asian Life Scientists: The State of Biosciences, Laboratory Biosecurity, and Biosafety in Asia
- Date: February, 2006
- Author(s): Sandia National Laboratories
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Intelligence Support to the Life Science Community: Mitigating Threats from Bioterrorism
- Date: No Date
- Author(s): James B. Petro
US Department of Transportation (DOT)
National Aviation Resource Manual for Quarantinable Diseases
- Date: December 2006
- Author(s): US Department of Transportation
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
Biosecurity: Limiting Terrorist Access to Deadly Pathogens
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Jonathan Tucker
University of Bradford: Peace Studies Department
Post 5th Review Conference for the BWC Briefing Papers (2nd Series)
- Date: Various
- Author(s): Various
University of Sussex
The Impact of Dual Use Controls on UK Science: A Case Study
- Date: April 2004
- Author(s): Caitriona McLeish and Paul Nightingale
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
DNA for Peace: Reconciling Biodevelopment and Biosecurity
- Date: February 2006
- Author(s): University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Press Releases / Editorials Top
Panel Presents Agricultural Biosecurity and Sustainability Strategies at the
2007 AAAS Annual Meeting
- Date: 31 January 2007
- Author(s): Amy Steigman
The 1918 Flu Genome: Recipe for Destruction
- Date: 17 October, 2005
- Author(s): Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy
Code of Conduct Needed to Block Shady Science
- Date: 12 June, 2005
- Author(s): Margaret Somerville
Statement by Editors Regarding Uncensored Exchange of Scientific Results
- Date: 18 February, 2003
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas et al.
Joint Statement from Royal Society and NAS
- Date: 8 November, 2002
- Author(s): Bruce Alberts and Robert M. May
NAS Statement on Scientific Openness and National Security
- Date: May 21, 1999
- Author(s): Bruce Alberts et al.
Journals / Articles Top
Arms Control Today
Crucial Guidance: A Code of Conduct for Biodefense Scientists
- Date: September 2006
- Author(s): Roger Roffey, John Hart, and Frida Kuhlau
Will the New Biology Lead to New Weapons?
- Date: July/August 2004
- Author(s): Mark Wheelis
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism - Biodefense Strategy, Practice & Science
The Dual-Use Dilemma for the Life Sciences: Perspectives, Conundrums, and Global Solutions (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: September 2006
- Author(s): Ronald M. Atlas & Malcolm Dando
Globalizing Biosecurity (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: March 2005
- Author(s): Ronald M. Atlas & Judith Reppy
The Protective Oversight of Biotechnology (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: December 2004
- Author(s): John Steinbruner & Stacy Okutani
High-Throughput Laboratories for Homeland and National Security (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: June 2003
- Author(s): Scott Layne & Tony Beugelsdijk
Microbial Forensics: Building a National Capacity to Investigate Bioterrorism (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: June 2003
- Author(s): Randall S. Murch
Biosecurity: Responsible Stewardship of Bioscience in an Age of Catastrophic Terrorism
- Date: March 2003
- Author(s): Gigi Kwik, Joe Fitzgerald, Thomas V. Inglesby, and Tara O'Toole
The Bulletin Online
Establishing a code of conduct in the life sciences
- Date: 2 April 2007
- Author(s): Laura H. Kahn
CNN
Milk-threat study issued over objections
- Date: 29 June, 2005
- Author(s): Jeanne Meserve
Feds: Science paper a terrorist's roadmap
- Date: 7 June, 2005
- Author(s): CNN
The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Date: 30 April, 2007
- Author(s): Jeffrey Brainard
Publish and Perish?
- Date: 11 October, 2002
- Author(s): Richard Monastersky
Disarmament Forum
Biological Weapons and the Life Sciences: the potential for professional codes
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): Brian Rappert
Foreign Affairs
Towards Biological Security (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: May/June 2002
- Author(s): Christopher F. Chyba
The Nightmare of Bioterrorism (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: January/February 2001
- Author(s): Laurie Garrett
International Review of the Red Cross
A Model Law: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Act
Journal of Biomedical Science
An Oath for Bioscientists
Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society
Biosecurity and Secrecy Policy: Problems, Theory, and a Call for Executive Action (View Abstract)
- Date: Winter 2005/2006
- Author(s): Brian J. Gorman
Minerva:
A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
An Educational Imperative: The Role of Ethical Codes and Normative Prohibitions in CBW-applicable Research
Nature
Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus
polymerase genes
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Date: 5 October, 2005
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Author(s): Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann H. Reid, Raina M. Lourens, Ruixue Wang, Guozhong Jin
& Thomas G. Fanning
New Scientist
The bioweapon is in the post
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Date: 09 November, 2005
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Author(s): Peter Aldhous
Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS)
Modeling Attacks on the Food Supply (Editorial)
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Date: 12 July, 2005
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Author(s): Bruce Alberts
Analyzing a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply: The Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk
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Date: 12 July, 2005
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Author(s): Bruce Alberts
SAIS Review
Bioterrorism as a Foreign Policy Issue (This is the abstract. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
Science and Engineering Ethics
A Code of Ethics for the Life Sciences (This is the abstract. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: January 30, 2007
- Author(s): Nancy L. Jones
Science Magazine
Ethics: A Weapon to Counter Bioterrorism
- Date: 25 March, 2005
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas & Margaret Somerville
Survival: The IISS Quarterly
Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: An Unprecedented World (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: Summer 2004
- Author(s): Neil Boyce
Times Online
Scientists tighten security over germ terror threat
- Date: January 25, 2007
- Author(s): Stewart Tendler and Daniel McGrory
US News and World Report
Speak No Evil: Should biologists publish work that could be misused?
- Date: 24 June, 2002
- Author(s): Neil Boyce
Wired
Will Bioterror Fears Spawn Science Censorship?
- Date: 25 April, 2007
- Author(s): Jennifer Granick
Yale Journal of Law & technology (YJoLT)
Balancing National Security and Open Science: A Proposal for Due Process Vetting
- Date: Spring 2005
- Author(s): Brian J. Gorman
Presentations / Speeches Top
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Bioterrorism and the Life Sciences: Research and Policy Controversies
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD (UPMC)
Conduct of Biodefense Research
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas
Biodefense Research: NIH Role, NIH Management, Oversight of Safety, Oversite of Security, and Oversight of Dual Use Implications
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Richard H. Ebright
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Federal Demonstration Partnership
Enhancing National Oversight of Dual Use Life Sciences Research
- Date: 20 May, 2004
- Author(s): Federal Demonstration Partnership
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
- Date: 13 June, 2005
- Author(s): Thomas Holohan M.D.
Safeguarding Against the Harmful Misuse of Research: A research funder's perspective
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): David Carr
Books Top
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Ken Alibek & Stephen Handelman
9-11 Commission Report
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): Thomas H. Kean et al.
Biosecurity Education Top
Biosecurity: Risks, Responses, and Responsibilities
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Case Studies in Dual Use Biological Research
- Date: 2006
- Author(s): Federation of American Scientists
The Dual-Use Dilemma in Biological Research
Educational Module on Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Non-proliferation
Miscellaneous Top
ABC News
Allegations of Fake Research Hit New High
- Date: 10 July, 2005
- Author: Martha Mendoza
Nature
One in three scientists confesses to having sinned
- Date: 9 June, 2005
- Author: Meredith Wadman
Reuters
Annan Urges Action on Biological Weapon Threat
- Date: November 20, 2006
- Author(s): Reuters
USATODAY
Docs in training miss bioterror diagnoses
- Date: 26 September, 2005
- Author: Carla K. Johnson
