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Title:
Innovation, dual use, and security : managing the risks of emerging biological and chemical technologies / edited by Jonathan B. Tucker ; foreword by Richard Danzig.
Publisher:
MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
x, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Biotechnology--Social aspects.
Nanotechnology--Social aspects.
Biological weapons.
Chemical agents (Munitions)
Biotechnology.
Biological Warfare Agents.
Chemical Warfare Agents.
Nanotechnology.
Risk Management.
Social Control, Formal.
Other Authors:
Tucker, Jonathan B.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-344) and index.
Contents:
Review of the literature on dual use / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Current dual-use governance measures / Lori P. Knowles -- The decision framework / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening / Jonathan B. Tucker -- DNA shuffling and directed evolution / Gerald L. Epstein -- Protein engineering / Catherine Jefferson -- Synthesis of viral genomes / Filippa Lentzos, Pamela Silver -- Synthetic biology with standard parts / Alexander Kelle -- Development of psychoactive drugs / Malcolm R. Dando -- Synthesis of peptide bioregulators / Ralf Trapp -- Immunological modulation / Nancy Connell -- Personal genomics / Nishal Mohan -- RNA interference / Matthew Metz -- Transcranial magnetic stimulation / Jonathan D. Moreno -- Chemical micro process devices / Amy E. Smithson -- Gene therapy / Gail Javitt, Anya Prince -- Aerosol vaccines / Raymond A. Zilinskas, Hussein Alramini -- Development of the V-series nerve agents / Caitriona McLeish, Brian Balmer -- The use and misuse of LSD by the U.S. Army and the CIA / Mark Wheelis -- Governance of emerging dual-use technologies / Kirk C. Bansak, Jonathan B. Tucker.
ISBN:
0262516969 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262516969 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262017172 (alk. paper)
9780262017176 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)757838194
LCCN:
2011036228
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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