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Governance of dual use research in the life sciences : advancing global consensus on research oversight : proceedings of a workshop

Title
Governance of dual use research in the life sciences : advancing global consensus on research oversight : proceedings of a workshop / James Revill, Jo Husbands, and Katherine Bowman, rapporteurs ; Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine ; in collaboration with InterAcademy Partnership, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian Society for Biosafety and Biosecurity.
Author
Revill, James
Publication
  • Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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  • Husbands, Jo L.
  • Bowman, Katherine
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • Hrvatsko društvo za biosigurnost i biozaštitu, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • InterAcademy Partnership, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • Governance of Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences: Advancing Global Consensus on Research Oversight (Workshop) (2018 : Zagreb, Croatia)
Description
xi, 131 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Continuing rapid developments in the life sciences offer the promise of providing tools to meet global challenges in health, agriculture, the environment, and economic development; some of the benefits are already being realized. However, such advances also bring with them new social, ethical, legal, and security challenges. Governance questions form an increasingly important part of the discussions about these advances--whether the particular issue under debate is the development of ethical principles for human genome editing, how to establish regulatory systems for the safe conduct of field trials of gene drive-modified organisms, or many others. However there are continuing concerns that the knowledge, tools, and techniques resulting from life sciences research could also enable the development of bioweapons or facilitate bioterrorism. Between June 10 and 13, 2018, more than 70 participants from 30 different countries and 5 international organizations took part in an international workshop, The Governance of Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences: Advancing Global Consensus on Research Oversight, in Zagreb, Croatia. Hosted by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the workshop was a collaboration among the InterAcademy Partnership, the Croatian Academy, the Croatian Society for Biosafety and Biosecurity, and the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop."--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Bioethics > Congresses
  • Biosecurity > Congresses
  • Life sciences > Research > Congresses
  • Bioethics
  • Biosecurity
  • Life sciences > Research
  • Dual Use Research
  • Biomedical Research
  • Biological Science Disciplines
  • Censorship, Research
  • Information Dissemination
  • Bioterrorism > prevention & control
  • Public Policy
  • Security Measures
  • Internationality
Genre/Form
  • Congress.
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106).
Contents
Governance in theory and practice -- The current governance landscape -- Workshop discussions.
ISBN
  • 0309477999
  • 9780309477994
OCLC
  • on1077961093
  • 1077961093
  • SCSB-9260102
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries