Responsible research with biological select agents and toxins / Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

"The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicine--including the development of vaccines, drugs, and other treatments. A subset of this research is conducted with agents that, like anthrax, not only pose a seve...

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Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Biological laboratories > United States > Safety measures. Biological laboratories > Security measures > United States. Microbiological laboratories > United States > Safety measures. Microbiological laboratories > Security measures > United States. Laboratories > Security measures > United States. Biology > Research > Standards. Bioterrorism > Safety measures. Hazardous substances. Biological weapons. Bioterrorism. NATURE > Reference. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology. Bioterrorism Biological laboratories > Safety measures Biological weapons Bioterrorism > Safety measures Hazardous substances Laboratories > Security measures Microbiological laboratories > Safety measures United States
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
The current regulatory environment
Guiding principles for science and security
Issues related to personnel reliability
Managing BSAT research and the select agent program.

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