A survey of Asian life scientists :the state of biosciences, laboratory biosecurity, and biosafety in Asia.

Gaudioso, Jennifer Marie

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Scientific Personnel;    Toxins;    Security National Security;    Biology.;    Biochemistry;   

DOI  :  10.2172/878590
RP-ID  :  SAND2006-0842
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  878590

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Over 300 Asian life scientists were surveyed to provide insight into work with infectious agents. This report provides the reader with a more complete understanding of the current practices employed to study infectious agents by laboratories located in Asian countries--segmented by level of biotechnology sophistication. The respondents have a variety of research objectives and study over 60 different pathogens and toxins. Many of the respondents indicated that their work was hampered by lack of adequate resources and the difficulty of accessing critical resources. The survey results also demonstrate that there appears to be better awareness of laboratory biosafety issues compared to laboratory biosecurity. Perhaps not surprisingly, many of these researchers work with pathogens and toxins under less stringent laboratory biosafety and biosecurity conditions than would be typical for laboratories in the West.