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The 1984 Rajneeshee Bioterrorism Attack: An Example of Biological Warfare by Violent Non-state Actors. [PDF]

Cureus
Turner MD, Marinconz K, Shimp G.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Intelligence, Ignorance, and Diplomacy in the Cold War

Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021
Drawing on perspectives from “ignorance studies,” this article examines a case of multiple types of expertise and ignorance within the geo-political context of the Cold War. It revisits a suspected breach of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Brian Balmer
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Strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism to an alleged use of bioweapons through a quality-assured laboratory response

Nature Communications, 2021
The cascade of innovations in biotechnology opens new pathways for biological warfare. The international laboratory network being developed under the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism could provide vital evidence in case of an alleged biological attack.
Sandra Appelt, Anna-Maria Rohleder, Cédric Invernizzi, Robert Mikulak, Annika Brinkmann, Andreas Nitsche, Maren Krüger, Martin B. Dorner, Brigitte G. Dorner, Holger C. Scholz, Roland Grunow   +10 more
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Preventing “a virological Hiroshima”: Cold War press coverage of biological weapons disarmament [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines representations of biological weapons during a crucial period in the recent history of this form of warfare. The study draws on a corpus of newspaper articles from the US New York Times and the UK Times and Guardian written around ...
Alex Spelling, Avery D., Balmer B., Balmer B., Bauer M., Bingham A., Boyer P., Brian Balmer, Caitríona McLeish, Carter G. B., Connelly M., Goldblatt J., Gould C., Guillemin J., Mayor A., Moon J. E. v. C., Moon J. E. v. C., Nelkin D., Rosenberg C., Schmidt U., Sontag S., Weart S., Wheelis M.   +22 more
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The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons

Artefactos, 2020
This paper deals with a number of conceptual issues that arise from attempts by governments and civil society to control the spread of chemical and biological weapons.
Brian BALMER
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Antimicrobial Activity and Degradation Ability Study on Nanoparticle-Enriched Formulations Specially Designed for the Neutralization of Real and Simulated Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
The present work reveals a comprehensive decontamination study on real and simulated biological and chemical warfare agents (BCWA). The emphasis was on evaluating the antimicrobial activity against real biological warfare agents, such as Bacillus ...
Raluca-Elena Ginghina, Gabriela Toader, Munizer Purica, Adriana-Elena Bratu, Claudiu Lazaroaie, Tudor-Viorel Tiganescu, Ramona-Elena Oncioiu, George-Ovidiu Iorga, Florina-Lucica Zorila, Mihai Constantin, Gabriel Craciun, Florin Comanescu, Cosmin Romanitan   +12 more
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Gender, war and militarism: making and questioning the links [PDF]

, 2008
The gender dynamics of militarism have traditionally been seen as straightforward, given the cultural mythologies of warfare and the disciplining of ‘masculinity’ that occurs in the training and use of men's capacity for violence in the armed services ...
Bourke J., Breines I., Brownmiller S., Butler J., Cockburn C., Cockburn C., Cohen S., Dworkin A., Enloe C., Enloe C., Hadar M., Hass A., Hass A., Jad I., Jones A., Karpinski J., Mackinnon C.A., Mazali R., Sabbagh S., Segal L., Segal L., Thornhill R., Tosh J., Woodward B.   +23 more
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Military vaccines in today’s environment

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2012
The US military has a long and highly distinguished record of developing effective vaccines against pathogens that threaten the armed forces. Many of these vaccines have also been of significant benefit to civilian populations around the world.
Connie S. Schmaljohn, Leonard A. Smith, Arthur M. Friedlander   +2 more
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The Catastrophe of Images [PDF]

, 2016
A review of:Allen MeekBiopolitical Media: Catastrophe, Immunity and Bare LifeRoutledge, Abingdon, 2016ISBN 9781138887060 RRP £90.00 ...
Randell-Moon, Holly
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Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense Against Biological Weapons

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The potential threat of biological warfare with a specific agent is proportional to the susceptibility of the population to that agent. Preventing disease after exposure to a biological agent is partially a function of the immunity of the exposed ...
Arturo Casadevall
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