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[http://osp.od.nih.gov/office-biotechnology-activities/biosecurity/dual-use-research-of-concern/dialogue Watch video (~7 min) <i>Dual Use Research: A Dialogue</i>] (NIH Office of Science Policy) | [http://osp.od.nih.gov/office-biotechnology-activities/biosecurity/dual-use-research-of-concern/dialogue Watch video (~7 min) <i>Dual Use Research: A Dialogue</i>] (NIH Office of Science Policy) | ||
− | Choose <u>ONE</u> among these four dual-use case study readings. The first three are from the [https://fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse/ (Federation of American Scientists) website] (Federation of American Scientists). | + | Choose <u>ONE</u> among these four sets of dual-use case study readings. The first three are from the [https://fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse/ (Federation of American Scientists) website] (Federation of American Scientists). |
# [https://fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse/FAS_Wimmer/ Module 2.0 Synthesizing Poliovirus] | # [https://fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse/FAS_Wimmer/ Module 2.0 Synthesizing Poliovirus] |
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Required Reading/Viewing
Watch video (~7 min) Dual Use Research: A Dialogue (NIH Office of Science Policy)
Choose ONE among these four sets of dual-use case study readings. The first three are from the (Federation of American Scientists) website (Federation of American Scientists).
- Module 2.0 Synthesizing Poliovirus
- Module 4.0 Unexpected Results in Virus Research (Mousepox)
- Module 7.0 Reconstruction of the 1918 Influenza Virus
- Airborne H5N1 flu study
- Enserink M (2012) Avian influenza. Public at last, H5N1 study offers insight into virus’s possible path to pandemic. Science 336:1494–1497. PMID: 22723387 Read at Science
- Maher B (2012) Bird-flu research: The biosecurity oversight. Nature 485:431-434. PMID: 22622550 Read at Nature
Czars
Read the primary scientific paper describing your study from this list.
- Wimmer E (2006) The test-tube synthesis of a chemical called poliovirus. The simple synthesis of a virus has far-reaching societal implications. EMBO Rep 7 Spec No:S3–9.
- Herfst S et al. (2012) Airborne transmission of influenza A/H5N1 virus between ferrets. Science 336:1534–41.
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