1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956063203321

Autore

Threats Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare

Titolo

Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2006

ISBN

9786610506613

9780309164757

0309164753

9781280506611

128050661X

9780309654180

0309654181

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CouncilNational Research

Disciplina

363

Soggetti

Biological warfare

Biotechnology

Bioterrorism

Electronic books. -- local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Framing the Issue""; ""2 Global Drivers and Trajectories of Advanced Life Sciences Technologies""; ""3 Advances in Technologies with Relevance to Biology: The Future Landscape""; ""4 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""APPENDIX B Committee Meetings""; ""APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""