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Flocculation of a cyanobacterium confers defense against bacterial predation

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Mohandass SN   +4 more
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Safeguarding against biological weapons

Science
The Biological Weapons Convention turned 50 this year. Since 1975, the intent of this international treaty has been to prohibit the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons. Global commitment to these objectives is reflected by the treaty’s total membership of 188 states.
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Weapons (See Biological Weapons)

2021
Weapons have long been the focus of ethical discourse since a long time. In 1096 Pope Urban II prohibited the use of crossbows introduced from China in 1096 and Pope Innocent II repeating the prohibition in 1139 both without any real effect. New weapons have long been regarded as inhuman and unfair such as the machine gun in 1884 (despite the damage ...
Henk ten Have   +1 more
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Socioeconomic Biological Weapons

Science, 2001
The addition of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus to the list of potential biological weapons agents in the draft of the Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention ([1][1]) highlights changing perceptions of what is a biological weapon.
J, Rath, J L, Bürgel
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Cuba's Biological Weapons

Humanity & Society, 2002
Every once in a while, stories appear about “Castro's” biological weapons, as in “Castro Weaponizes West Nile Virus”(by Martin Arostegui, Insightmag posted September 16, 2002).
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Biological weapons

2007
AbstractThis chapter describes biological weapons, including the history of their proliferation and use, outbreaks of anthrax and salmonellosis, international control of biological weapons, and specific bioterrorist weapons and their adverse health effects. It concludes with a discussion of what health professionals can do to address biological weapons.
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Chemical and Biological Weapons

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991
To the Editor. —War in the Middle East has increased fears that chemical or biological weapons (CBW) might be used in battle. Iraq's "supposed use" (Marwick's term 1 ) of mustard gas and tabun, a nerve gas, has been well documented by medical teams from the United Nations 2 and portrayed vividly in a recent Public Broadcasting Service documentary ...
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