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The Billion-Dollar Molecule is a book [1] by journalist Barry Werth about the founding and early research efforts of the American biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which was founded in 1989 by Joshua Boger and was among the first biotechnology companies to adopt an explicit strategy of rational drug design as opposed to techniques based on combinatorial chemistry.
It is tasked with recommending policies on such questions as how to prevent published research in biotechnology from aiding terrorism, without slowing scientific progress. It provides "advice, guidance, and leadership regarding biosecurity oversight of dual-use research to all Federal departments and agencies with an interest in life sciences ...
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution is a 2002 book by Francis Fukuyama. In it, he discusses the potential threat to liberal democracy that use of new and emerging biotechnologies for transhumanist ends poses.
Vols. for Nov.-Dec. 1989-1996 generally monthly with some issues bimonthly, but does not follow a particular pattern Issues for Aug. 1988-Feb. 1996 called v. 1, no. 4-v. 9, no. 2 "Prepared for members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Committee on Biotechnology in Agriculture by USDA's Office of Agricultural Biotechnology."
This list of laboratory biosecurity incidents includes accidental laboratory-acquired infections and laboratory releases of lethal pathogens, containment failures in or during transport of lethal pathogens, and incidents of exposure of lethal pathogens to laboratory personnel, improper disposal of contaminated waste, and/or the escape of laboratory animals.
As a result, book-sized computers of today can outperform room-sized computers of the 1960s, and there has been a revolution in the way people live – in how they work, study, conduct business, and engage in research. World War II had a profound impact on the development of science and technology in the United States.
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The paper concluded that rats fed the modified maize had severe health problems, including liver and kidney damage and large tumors. [239] The study provoked widespread criticism. Séralini held a press conference just before the paper was released in which he announced the release of a book and a movie. [240]