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BIOLOGICAL warfare.

open access: yesLancet (London, England), 2003
The use of biological agents as controlled weapons of war is practical although uncertain. Three types of agents are feasible, including pathogenic organisms and biological pests, toxins, and synthetic hormones regulating plant growth. These agents may be chosen for selective effects varying from prolonged incipient illness to death of plants, man and ...
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Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on tech diplomacy, exploring its emergence and evolution as a distinct approach to global affairs in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Originating with Denmark's 2017 “TechPlomacy” initiative, tech diplomacy has gained global momentum, with over two dozen countries adopting
Corneliu Bjola, Markus Kornprobst
wiley   +1 more source

Bioterrorismo e a facilidade de acesso à biotecnologia e seus insumos

open access: yesRevista Bioética
Os fundamentalismos surgiram no Ocidente a partir de questões religiosas e posteriormente difundiram-se para outras partes do mundo tomando outras conotações, principalmente políticas. As técnicas de manipulação genética difundiram-se pelas universidades,
Cesar Koppe Grisolia
doaj  

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Current status of book publishing in the field of biological weapons defense in China

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo provide scientific support for the compilation of high-quality anti-nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) medical textbooks in China by retrieving books in the field of biological weapons defense in China, summarizing the publication time ...
WANG Xuechun   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Is Space Bioethics?

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Classical bioethics examines moral issues in terrestrial medicine and the life sciences. According to Konrad Szocik, space bioethics merely relocates those questions to harsher environments. We argue that this view is incomplete: space bioethics is a genuinely original domain.
Maurizio Balistreri
wiley   +1 more source

No NIH Ban

open access: yes, 1982
An amendment to the NIH recombinant DNA guidelines to ban the production of biological weapons by molecular cloning was rejected by the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. The decision followed assurances by the Army and the Arms Control and Disarmament
Budiansky, Stephen
core  

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