Biotechnology, weapons, and humanity
By: British Medical Association.
Contributors: British Medical Association.; British Medical Association. Board of Science and Education.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Human Genome Project.; Biological warfare.; Biological weapons.; Biological arms control.; Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-144) and index.
"The report was prepared under the auspices of the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Association"--P. ix.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Introduction 1; title: British Medical Association and the Board of Science and; title: Education 1; title: Weapons, ethics and the BMA 2; title: Biological weapons 3; title: Recent advances in genetics 4; title: Structure and scope of report 5; title: Chapter 2: The history of biological warfare 9; title: From 300 BC to 1763 10; title: 1763 to 1925 10; title: 1925 to 1940 14; title: 1940 to 1969 17; title: 1969 to 1990 22; title: 1990 to 1998 and beyond 28; title: A typology of future biological warfare 30; title: Chapter 3: The impact of biotechnology 33; title: The BTWC and the biotechnology revolution 34; title: The BTWC review conferences 37; title: The Soviet offensive BW programme 44; title: The threat today 45; title: Chapter 4: Genetic weapons 53; title: Types of genetic weapons 53; title: Prediction of genetic weapons 56; title: The Human Genome Project 60; title: Human genetic diversity 62; title: Gene therapy 65; title: Genetic weapons: Fact or fiction? 66; title: Chapter 5: Preventing the proliferation of; title: biological weapons 69; title: Counterproliferation 70; title: The international norm that biological weapons are; title: unacceptable 73; title: Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons; title: Convention 76; title: The web of deterrence 81; title: Chapter 6: Summary: The web of deterrence 89; title: New biological weapons 89; title: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; title: Verification Protocol 91; title: North-South co-operation in the fight against disease 93; title: Co-operation to counter terrorism 94; title: Further international legal measures 96; title: The role of scientific specialists 99; title: Chapter 7: Recommendations 101; title: The scientific and medical community 101; title: International action 102; title: National government agencies 103.