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Rappert, B. (ed)(2010) Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences: Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons, Canberra: Australian National University E Press click here
Selgelid, M. J. and Weir, L. (2010) The Mousepox Experience: An Interview with Ronald Jackson and Ian Ramshaw on Dual-use Research, EMBO Reports, pp. 18-24 click here
Selgelid, M. J. and Weir, L. (2010) Reflections on the Synthetic Production of Poliovirus, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 66(3). [Electronic] click here
Lorna Weir & Michael J. Selgelid. (2009), Professionalization as a governance strategy for synthetic biology, Syst Synth Biol, 3:91–97. Click here
Michael J Selgelid (2009). 'Dual-Use Dilemmas, National Regulations and Ethics.' In Dimensiones Éticas de las Regulaciones en Salud, ed. by Fernando Lolas. Santiago, Chile: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética - Universidad de Chile Programa de Bioética - OPS/OMS (Pan American Health Oganization/World Health Organization), 2009, pp. 277-286. Available (free). Click here
Michael J Selgelid (2009). 'Governance of dual-use research: an ethical dilemma', Bulletin of the World Health Organization (BLT). Click here
Report No. 5 Revill. J (2009) Biosecurity and Bioethics Education: A Case Study of the UK Context”. Research Report for the Wellcome Trust Project on ‘Building a Sustainable Capacity in Dual Use Bioethics’. Click here
Report No. 4. M, Minehata and D, Friedman (2009)Biosecurity Education in Israeli Research Universities: Survey Report Research Report for the Wellcome Trust Project on Building a Sustainable Capacity in Dual Use Bioethics. Click here
Report No. 3. Michael Crowley, Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Riot Control Agents and Incapacitants under the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2009, Bradford Non‐lethal Weapons Research Project, University of Bradford, October 2009. Click here
Report No. 2. Masamichi Minehata Bradford Disarmament Research Centre (BDRC) and Narioshi Shinomiya, National Defense Medical College, Biosecurity Education: Enhancing Ethics, Securing Life and Promoting Science: Dual Use Education in Life-Science Degree Courses at Universities in Japan, Survey Report, 2009.
Report No. 1. Giulio Manchini Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV) and James Revill Bradford Disarmament Research Centre (BDRC), Fostering the Biosecurity Norm: Biosecurity Education for the Next Generation of Life Scientists, November 2008.
Backgrounder No. 1, LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF BIOSECURITY IN LIFE SCIENCE click here
Executive Summary, Dangerous ambiguities and weaknesses in the CWC control regime. Click here
Press Release, University research highlights dangers of incapacitating chemical weapons and widespread misuse of riot control agents. Click here
Dando Bulletin articles: Click here
Selgelid. M (2009) “Dual Use Research Codes of Conduct: Lessons from the Life Sciences”, Nanoethics. Click here
Schmidt et al (2009) “A priority paper for the societal and ethical aspects of synthetic biology”. Systems and Synthetic Biology. Vol.3(1-4):1-2. Click here
National Research Council [US] (2006) “Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences”, National Academies Press. Click here
National Research Council [US] (2004) “Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism”, The National Academies Press [US], Washington, DC. Click here
Revill. J, Mancini. G, Minehata. M & Shinomiya. N (2009) “Biosecurity Education: Surveys from Europe and Japan.” Background Paper for the International Workshop on Promoting Education on Dual‐use Issues in the Life Sciences. Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. November 16‐18. 2009. Click here
Rhodes. C & Sulstona. J (2009) “Scientific Responsibility and Development”, European Journal of Development Research (2009) 0, 000–000. doi:10.1057/ejdr.2009.47
LNCV BDRC Paper (2009) “Promoting Sustainable Education and Awareness Raising on Biosecurity and Dual Use.” Click here
THE DUAL-USE DILEMMA
(Citation) "Science is primarily used to benefit humanity, but it can be misused, presenting scientists and others with an
ethical quandary known as the dual-use dilemma. This note examines three scientific areas posing a significant
risk of misuse and considers how to tackle dual-use dilemmas in these and other areas." Available from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology website (click here)