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Current Threats to Biosecurity
Handbook of Emergency Response: A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach, Second Edition, pp.229-239
Environmental and Occupational Health Series, CRC Press, 2nd
2025
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Abstract
The acceleration of technologies for biological research is increasing the risk associated with laboratory accidents and deliberate releases. Advances in gain-of-function, synthetic biology, human genome editing, artificial intelligence, and an ever-expanding array of enhanced potential pandemic pathogens pose an increasing threat to biosafety and greater risk than ever of unnatural epidemics and pandemics. Despite these increased threats, public awareness of this research is low. This chapter proposes cross-disciplinary initiatives involving health sciences, law enforcement, intelligence, defense, emergency response, artificial intelligence, and community members to improve the regulation and oversight of evolving biological technology.
Details
- Title
- Current Threats to Biosecurity
- Creators
- Chandini Raina MacIntyre - University of New South Wales (Australia, Sydney)Damian HoneymanDavid Heslop
- Contributors
- LeeAnn Racz (Editor of compilation) - ToxStrategies LLC (USA)Adedeji B. Badiru (Editor of compilation) - Air Force Institute of Technology (USA)
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Emergency Response: A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach, Second Edition, pp.229-239
- Series
- Environmental and Occupational Health Series
- Publisher
- CRC Press; Boca Raton
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 11
- Identifiers
- 991013376550802368
- Copyright
- © 2026 selection and editorial matter, LeeAnn Racz and Adedeji B. Badiru; individual chapters, the contributors.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter