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ReviewJournal of biosafety and biosecurity2021

Building and implementing a multi-level system of ethical code for biologists under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of the United Nations.

Yang Xue, Lijun Shang, Weiwen Zhang

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Review in Journal of biosafety and biosecurity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yang XueLaw School of Tianjin University, PR China.
Lijun ShangSchool of Human Sciences, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom.
Weiwen ZhangCenter for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, PR China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world. It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life science research and maintain international biological arms control norms. Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline. As an important first step, biologists need to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of relevant biosecurity policies and measures to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability. Furthermore, efforts should be made to advocate for and promote the establishment of an ethical code of conduct for biologists to share safety responsibilities for global biosecurity. To maximize the impact of this ethical code of conduct, an effective approach to implementing codes of conduct for biologists at both national and international levels should be established under the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC).

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BiologistsBTWCDomestic levelEthical codeInternational level

Identifiers

PMID35036858
PMCPMC8752047

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