Benchtop DNA Synthesis Devices: Capabilities, Biosecurity Implications, and Governance
A new NTI | bio report describes the status of benchtop DNA synthesis devices, explains the risks for biosecurity, and recommends action and oversight by governments, industry, and the scientific community.
The Biorisk Management Casebook: Insights into Contemporary Practices
Practical solutions for organizations involved in life science research to manage risks and prevent accidents, misuse, and other adverse outcomes stemming from their work.
Jaime Yassif on “The Need for Better Safeguarding of Bioscience”
In a new opinion piece for The Economist, Jaime Yassif makes the case for urgent action to create stronger guardrails for bioscience and biotechnology.
Common Mechanism to Prevent Illicit Gene Synthesis
As part of the Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction Initiative, NTI launched a group to develop a Common Mechanism to Prevent Illicit Gene Synthesis
Public Private Partnerships in trust-based public health social networking: Connecting organizations for regional disease surveillance (CORDS)
A journal article describing a new trust-based global health security initiative known as CORDS: Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance.
Do Recent Scientific and Technological Advances Lower the Threshold for the Proliferation of Biological Weapons?
Assessing whether or not scientific advances in genetics and bio-technologies have lowered the threshold for the proliferation of biological weapons. (CNS)
Evolution of the Biological Weapons Convention, challenges to its legitimacy - the lack of a verification mechanism and advances in biotechnology. (CNS)
