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8. Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Dual Use: Will Humanity Minimise Potential Harms in the Age of Biotechnology?

Year: 2023

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: How have biosecurity and biosafety developed during the twenty-first century – the “Century of Biosecurity” – and how can oversight and governance of this field be improved? This chapter describes rapid advances in biology and how they can lead to misapplication, from the anthrax biohazard, to the availability of DNA studies on a large scale, to AI’s use of big data today.

Source: Open Book Publishers

DOI: 10.11647/obp.0336.08

Authors: Kelsey Lane Warmbrod, Kobi Leins, Nancy Connell

Institutions: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, King's College London, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Global Security and Public Health

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4386098714

FWCI: 2.416

Cites: 65

Cited by: 1

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