Anthrax revisited: how assessing the unpredictable can improve biosecurity.

ABSTRACT: B. anthracis is one of the most often weaponized pathogens. States had it in their bioweapons programs and criminals and terrorists have used or attempted to use it. This study is motivated by the narrative that emerging and developing technologies today contribute to the amplification of danger through greater easiness, accessibility and affordability of steps in the making of an anthrax weapon. As states would have way better preconditions if they would decide for an offensive bioweapons program, we focus on bioterrorism. This paper analyzes and assesses the possible bioterrorism threat arising from advances in synthetic biology, genome editing, information availability, and other emerging, and converging sciences and enabling technologies. Methodologically we apply foresight meth

SUBMITTER: Sabra DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546327 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature