Results 11 to 20 of about 105,302 (256)

Importance of Biosafety Issues, Biosafety Levels and Biosafety Equipment

IAR Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
The use of biosafety practices and principles is to reduce the health-related risks associated with handling infectious agents, toxins and other biological hazards is important in a laboratory setting. Laboratory biosafety practices are based on the principle of containment of biological agents to prevent exposure to laboratory workers and the outside ...
Assem Sirkeck, Vineet Bhardwaj, Kamal Kant Kalia   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Environmental impacts of agricultural pest insects: five case studies reveal overlooked impact mechanisms and specify knowledge gaps [PDF]

NeoBiota
Invasive species can cause environmental impacts through various mechanisms. Assessing their impact can inform management decisions and illuminate risks to non-invaded areas. Research on the environmental impacts of invasive insects is heavily focused on
Kiran Jonathan Horrocks, Jörg Romeis, Jana Collatz   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Tier-based approach to establish a culture of biosafety at a medical microbiology research laboratory in Egypt

Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2022
Microbiology Research Laboratory (MRL) is a biosafety level-2 (BSL-2) research laboratory located at the main campus of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University (ASU) in Cairo. With the objective of strengthening the departmental capacities of biosafety,
Mona El-Shokry, Nesma Hamdi, Shimaa Abdel Salam, Nagwa M. Abo El Magd   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

REGULATING BIOSAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN INDONESIA: LIMITS AND CHALLENGES

UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 2021
The global use of genetically modified (GM) crops is rapidly expanding. While the advent of this agricultural biotechnology offers new promises to cater to the rising demand for Indonesia’s food security, the government should ensure its safety.
Muhammad Bahrul Ulum
doaj   +7 more sources

Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Bioethics

Monash Bioethics Review, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of biosafety in the biomedical sciences. While it is often assumed that biosafety is purely technical matter that has little to do with philosophy or the humanities, biosafety raises important ethical issues that have not been adequately examined in the scientific or bioethics literature.
openaire   +2 more sources

Genome-scale analyses of transcriptional start sites in Mycobacterium marinum under normoxic and hypoxic conditions

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Hypoxic stress plays a critical role in the persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, but the mechanisms underlying this adaptive response remain ill defined. Material and methods In this study, using M. marinum as a surrogate,
Shaojia Huang, Wei Zhou, Wei Tang, Yong Zhang, Yangbo Hu, Shiyun Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reflections on biosafety in acupuncture

Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho, 2020
Background: Acupuncture is an integrative and complementary practice for which biosafety standards are essential. Objective: To elicit a reflection on biosafety in acupuncture to reduce occupational hazards associated with infection as adverse effect for both provider and patient.
Beatriz Maria Dos Santos Santiago, Ribeiro, Vladimir Araujo, da Silva, Jucelei Pascoal, Boaretto, Iria Roberta Staut, Freitas, Rita de Cassia de Marchi Barcelos, Dalri, Eleine Aparecida Penha, Martins   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Investigation and analysis of the biosafety awareness of laboratory staff involved in the detection of pathogens in seven provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in China

Biosafety and Health, 2021
This study aims to evaluate the biosafety awareness of laboratory staff working on pathogens detection in seven Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and support these staff's biosafety management and training.
Yan Liu, Yuanyuan Guo, Sisi Li, Bo Liu, Jing Wen, Chihong Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thoughts on biosafety education of experimental course of pathogenic biology under COVID-19 epidemic situation [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2020
The current COVID-19 epidemic situation is grim, and the government has realized the importance of biosafety. This paper summarizes the situation and experience of biosafety management and education in pathogenic biology teaching laboratory from the ...
ZHANG Zhuo-yang, YUAN Zhen-dong, YANG Yang, YANG He-ping, XIAO Jia-qi, ZHAO Wei
doaj  

New Frontiers in Biosafety and Biosecurity [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Biotechnology has great potential to contribute to sustainable development. Over the past 18 months, it has enabled rapid deployment of methods to detect, treat and protect people against infection by SARS-CoV-2 (Baek et al., 2020; Beigel et al., 2020; Voysey et al., 2021). In addition, gene editing is promising to revolutionize medicine, public health,
openaire   +3 more sources