Research Catalog

Title

The role of biotechnology in countering BTW agents / edited by Alexander Kelle, Malcolm R. Dando, and Kathryn Nixdorff.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Kelle, Alexander.
• Dando, Malcolm.
• Nixdorff, Kathryn.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biotechnology in Countering BTW Agents (1998 : Prague, Czech Republic)

Description

xxi, 311 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

NATO science series. Series 1 : Disarmament technologies ; vol. 34

Uniform Title

NATO science series. Series 1, Disarmament technologies ; v. 34.

Subject

• Biological warfare > Safety measures
• Soldiers > Health and hygiene
• Soldiers > Protection
• Biological arms control
• Biological Warfare > prevention & control
• Biotechnology > methods
• Chemical Warfare > prevention & control

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Researched Workshop on the Role of Biotechnology in Countering BTW Agents, Prague, Czech Republic, 21-23 October 1998"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Biotechnology in Countering Biological and Toxin Weapons: An Overview / Alexander Kelle, Malcolm R. Dando, Kathryn Nixdorff, Graham S. Pearson xi -- Section I Political and Economic Dimensions of Countering BTW Agents and Strenghtening the BTW Control Regime -- Dealing With a Headache: Three Scenarios and Two Dilemmas / Harald Muller 1 -- Countering Biological Warfare: An Overview / Graham S. Pearson 9 -- Lessons of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the BTWC Protocol / Alexander Kelle, Jiri Matousek 33 -- Biotechnology and the Strengthening of the BTWC: The View from West European Industry / Rene van Sloten 47 -- Strengthening the BTWC through R & D Restructuring: The case of the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology "VECTOR" / Lev S. Sandakhchiev, Sergey V. Netesov 53 -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Introduction of a Market Economy and the Future BTWC Compliance Protocol: Impact on the Russian Biotechnology Industry / John Compton 61 -- Section II Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection: Underlying Technologies -- Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection. Antibody Based Methods / Peter Sveshnikov 69 -- Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection. DNA Methods: Gene Probes / Dario Leslie 79 -- Role of Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection. DNA Methods: Polymerase Chain Reaction / Kathryn Nixdorff, Alexei G. Prilipov 93 -- Detection of Biological Agents and Biosensor Design / James J. Valdes, James P. Chambers 105 -- Section III Biotechnology and BTW Agent Detection in Different Environments -- Detecting BTW Agents on the Battlefield / Henri Garrigue 121 -- Detecting Biological Terrorism. Evaluating the Technologies / Gary Eifried 129 -- Detecting Biological and Toxin Weapon Agents in an Inspection Environment / Graham S. Pearson 141 -- Section IV Role of Biotechnology in the Pre-Exposure Treatment of BTW Agents -- Possibilities and Limitations of Vaccination / Kathryn Nixdorff 161 -- Development of an Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax / Netty D. Zegers, Eerenst Kluter, Hans van der Stap, Ernst van Dura, Philip van Dalen, Mike Shaw 185 -- Vaccine Production / Jack Melling 197 -- Section V Role of Biotechnology in Diagnosis and Identification of BTW Agents -- Role of Biotechnology in Protection against BTW Agents--Overview from a Medical Point of View and Identification of the Symptoms / Gyorgy Berensci, Gabor Faludi 215 -- Medical Countermeasures to Biological Warfare Agents / David R. Franz 227 -- Section VI Role of Biotechnology in Protection Against BTW Agents: Post-Exposure Treatment -- Treatment of Mass Casualties under Worst Case Assumptions / Sven-Ake Persson 235 -- Post Exposure Prophylactic Measures Against Viral BTW Agents / Sergey V. Netesov 247 -- Search of Biotechnology-based Decontaminants for C/BW Agents / R. Dierstein, H.-U. Glaeser, A. Richardt 257 -- Section VII Impact of Biotechnology on Politico-Military and Normative Efforts to Counter BTW Agents -- Biotechnology and Politico-Military Responses to BTW Agents / Malcolm R. Dando 267 -- Biotechnology and the Development of Norms Against BTW Agents / Alexander Kelle 285.

ISBN

079236905X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001022464

OCLC

46420016

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library