ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2010
Microbial threat lists: obstacles in the quest for biosecurity?
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Dual-Use Research of Concern (DURC) Review at American Society for Microbiology Journals.mBio · 2015Article
- Crossing of the epithelial barriers by Bacillus anthracis: the Known and the Unknown.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Review
- Pathogen security-help or hindrance?Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2014Review
- Challenges and Practices in Building and Implementing Biosafety and Biosecurity Programs to Enable Basic and Translational Research with Select Agents.Journal of bioterrorism & biodefense · 2013Article
- The future of biological warfare.Microbial biotechnology · 2012Article
- Functional and structural analysis of the siderophore synthetase AsbB through reconstitution of the petrobactin biosynthetic pathway from Bacillus anthracis.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2012Article
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- Destruction of microbial collections in response to select agent and toxin list regulations.Biosecurity and bioterrorism : biodefense strategy, practice, and science · 2010Article
- The biological century: coming to terms with risk in the life sciences.Nature immunology · 2010Article
- Hazardous microbe rules raise biosecurity debate to a new level.Nature medicine · 2010Article
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Abstract
Anxiety about threats from the microbial world and about the deliberate misuse of microorganisms has led to efforts to define and control these dangers using lists and regulations. One list with tremendous legal implications and a potentially huge impact on research is the Select Agents and Toxins List, which was created by the US Government to limit the possession of and access to particular microorganisms and toxins. In this article, in addition to highlighting general problems with taxonomy-based, microorganism-centric lists, we discuss our view that such lists may have the paradoxical effect of increasing the societal vulnerability to biological attack and natural epidemics by interfering with the sharing of microbial samples and hindering research on vaccines and therapeutics.
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