Archive

Keyword - Biosecurity

- Gene-makers form security coalition - Premium content
  
  Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code.
  
  18 November 2009
- European biosafety labs set to grow - Premium content
  
  Bioterrorism and emerging diseases spur building boom, although some question the need for more facilities.
  
  11 November 2009
- Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions - Premium content
  
  Nature reports from three laboratories scrutinizing the pandemic flu virus.
  
  11 November 2009
- Gene-makers put forward security standards - Premium content
  
  But few companies are willing to sign up yet.
  
  4 November 2009
- Q+A: Driven out of research - Premium content
  
  A virologist describes how stringent biosecurity regulations caused her to drop one line of work.
  
  30 September 2009
- Booming biosafety labs probed - Premium content
  
  US lawmakers and scientists at odds over how to regulate high-containment labs.
  
  30 September 2009
- Keeping genes out of terrorists' hands - Premium content
  
  Gene-synthesis industry at odds over how to screen DNA orders.
  
  31 August 2009
- Biodefence lab criticized - Premium content
  
  US lawmakers investigate site choice of planned facility.
  
  29 July 2009
- IN BRIEF: Biosecurity report cautious on strict researcher vetting - Premium content
  
  6 May 2009
- 'Experiments of concern' to be vetted online - Premium content
  
  Expert panel to offer advice on science with bioterror applications.
  
  4 February 2009