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The Diane Thompson case

Location:

• St. Paul Medical Center, Dallas,

Texas, United States Date: October 1996 Incident type: Theft/use by insider Agent(s): Shigella dysenteriae (bacteria causing dysentery) Perpetrator: Laboratory technician, Diane Thompson

Risk scenarios

1) Biosecurity risks generally viewed as longer-term

• r secondary relative to biosafety

Bio-risks: key trends

2) ‘Biosafety’ more familiar than ‘biosecurity’ 3) Interest in more active approaches on bioterrorism/agroterrorism 4) ‘Insider threat’ is viewed as worrisome

5) Veterinary and agricultural facilities - lower safety and security awareness

Bio-risks: key trends (2)

6) Regional biosafety and biosecurity champions (train the trainer, university programs) 7) Biomedical waste is a frequent concern 8) Detection capacities (labs and borders) 9) Emergency coordination

Expanding industrial and agricultural applications of biotechnology

E.g. genetically modified

• rganism (GMO) crops

Potential impacts:

• Unintended consequences
• Health and environmental

risks

Example 1: Advances in Biotechnology - GMOs

Growing concerns about possible misuse of scientific research E.g. vaccine research on pathogen gain of function Availability on Internet

Potential impact: Human, environmental and agricultural risks

Example 2: Dual-use research of concern

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