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Countering Bioterrorism: The Role of Science and Technology

Countering Bioterrorism: The Role of Science and Technology

National Research Council
Institute of Medicine
Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism

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BiologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Science

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ISBN10: 0309086078
ISBN13: 9780309086073
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Jan 3 2003
Pages: 105
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.84 Depth: 8.83
Language: English

The attacks of September 11 and the release of anthrax spores revealed enormous vulnerabilities in the U.S. public-health infrastructure and suggested similar vulnerabilities in the agricultural infrastructure as well. The traditional public health response--surveillance (intelligence), prevention, detection, response, recovery, and attribution--is the paradigm for the national response not only to all forms of terrorism but also to emerging infectious diseases. Thus, investments in research on bioterrorism will have enormous potential for application in the detection, prevention, and treatment of emerging infectious diseases that also are unpredictable and against which we must be prepared. The deciphering of the human genome sequence and the complete elucidation of numerous pathogen genomes, our rapidly increasing understanding of the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and of immune responses, and new strategies for designing drugs and vaccines all offer unprecedented opportunities to use science to counter bioterrorist threats. But these same developments also allow science to be misused to create new agents of mass destruction. Hence the effort to confront bioterrorism must be a global one. Countering Bioterrorism makes the following recommendations:

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