ProPublica · @ProPublica
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Intelligence Report Says Safety Training at Chinese Government Lab Complex in Before the Appears Routine
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The view of the intelligence community contrasts with a 2022 report by the oversight staff of a committee that saw the training as a response to a problem.

propublica.org/article/safety-

#wuhan #pandemic #republican #senate #biosafety #covid #China #News

Last updated 1 year ago

Earthworm · @earthworm
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Please, take care!

Arrogant scientist accept risking the deaths of thousands (in your case first livestock) just to be able to publish some papers and to have their 15 minutes of glory at the next conference.

If you meet somebody telling you that "gain of function" is such a great field of research, punch them in the face. Probably they deserve it...

That your authorities can't be trusted at all was shown latest at the example of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Do at least a minimum prepping (not a fan of the right-wing prepper community, but there are some good instructions out there)

Here two articles about how fucking common lab escapes are also in the so-called developed countries (one of my preferred topics last year, can't remember why🙃 ).

thebulletin.org/2014/03/threat

eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/

@arisummerland @AliceMarshall

#biohazard #biosafety #labescape #pandemics

Last updated 1 year ago

Johan | PD1JMB · @dynode
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"May I infect you?"

Ironic postcard attached to a fridge in a biomedical lab, some time in 2018/2019.

#biosafety #infection #biomedicine #laboratory #utrecht #UtrechtUniversity

Last updated 1 year ago

Xavier Abad MdG · @xavierabadmdg
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Hugues Abriel · @SwissIonChannel
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RT @MCIDBern
The stands for trustworthy scientific knowledge and respectful communication to dispel falsehoods and promote conscious and responsible evidence-based decision-making. @unibern

#expertise #biosecurity #biosafety #pandemic #pathogensproject #mcidbern

Last updated 2 years ago

Alexander J. Stein · @AJStein_de
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Who'd have thought, in nature: "Horizontal provides an evolutionary shortcut for recipient organisms to gain novel functions." from microbes explain success of herbivorous beetles... doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220585711

#gmos #genetransfer #enzymes #evolution #gmo #biosafety

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Alexander J. Stein · @AJStein_de
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The potential risk of insecticidal proteins produced by plants to nontarget organisms have long been an ecotoxicological concern. Researchers confirmed that Bt toxin Cry1Ca poses no risk to a nontarget endoparasitoid: doi.org/10.1002/ps.7467

#gmo #ecology #biosafety #insects

Last updated 2 years ago

· @grandzugzwang
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Deep dive into totalitarian regime & it's mix of incompetence, corruption & tendency to cover up failures leeds to it's biolabs being more apt to propagate diseases than protect populations. Anyone surprised?
washingtonpost.com/investigati

#china #biosafety #pandemics

Last updated 2 years ago

Brian Vastag · @brianvastag
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In 2019, a pathogen escaped a Chinese facility and exposed thousands of people. It was in Lanzhou, and the released pathogen causes Brucellosis. It got almost zero attention at the time.

Good to finally see some deep reporting on issues in China.

(gift link anyone can read)

wapo.st/43qcHcl

#biosafety

Last updated 2 years ago

Bongolian · @Bongolian
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Joby Warrick & David Willman: China’s struggles with lab safety carry danger of another pandemic
China has poured billions of dollars into lab construction and genetic engineering in its bid to become a science superpower, but safety practices have failed to keep up, investigations and reports of accidents show


washingtonpost.com/investigati

#China #geneticengineering #biosafety

Last updated 2 years ago

EUinmyRegion🇪🇺 · @EUinmyRegion
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Preventing pandemics: The 🇪🇺 supports research infrastructure at the @HelmholtzMunich🇩🇪 research centre
A lab (security level 3) receives new equipment thanks to support of €18.5 million

cc @EU_Muenchen @germanyintheeu @EUScienceInnov

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EUinmyRegion/

#biosafety #EURegionalFund #REACT_EU

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EUinmyRegion🇪🇺 · @EUinmyRegion
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Preventing pandemics: The 🇪🇺 supports research infrastructure at the @HelmholtzMunich🇩🇪 research centre

A lab (security level 3) receives new equipment thanks to support of €18.5 million

cc @EU_Muenchen @germanyintheeu @EUScienceInnov

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EUinmyRegion/

#biosafety #EURegionalFund #REACT_EU

Last updated 2 years ago

Sandy Lawrence · @swlawrence
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AAAS: "High-risk pathogen labs mushroom" The number of laboritories with containment designs for the study of some of the most deadly known human pathogens is growing rapidly. "Fifty-one biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) labs exist worldwide, roughly double the number a decade ago, says the Global BioLabs Report 2023, published this week by researchers at King’s College London and George Mason University." The highest level biosafety labs are labeled as BSL-4 and study organisms such as the ebola virus. There are also 57 BSL-3 "plus" labs, many of which study animal pathogens. Eighteen more BSL-4 labs are slated to open in the coming yrs, most in Asian countries such as India + the Philippines, intended to bolster responses to local threats + future pandemics. Questions have been raised about the risks of an accidental release or use by terrorists. The World Health Organizations has been urged to "strengthen lab safety guidance and want individual countries to agree to outside audits to ensure their BSL-4 labs meet international standards." Photo credit: DFID - UK Department for International Development by Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

#pathogens #biosafety

Last updated 2 years ago

Groms · @groms
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@voron @smitten so what doe this mean for a future framework incl monitoring experiments?

#biosafety #biosecurity #gof

Last updated 2 years ago

Vivek Mutalik · @vivek_mutalik
669 followers · 877 posts · Server fediscience.org

Safety by design: and in the age of synthetic genomics - ScienceDirect

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#biosecurity #biosafety

Last updated 2 years ago

AmicusOpus · @AmicusOpus
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This is quite serious.

Scientists, perhaps from the World Health Organization, should investigate this as an episode of epidemic hysteria/ sociogenic illness. We should know sources (e.g. twezer, FoXXXNFiends, t-radio).

# weak spots in our bio-safety net

forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023

#biosafety

Last updated 2 years ago

BenedicteCallan · @BeneCal
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From @STAT re: House Energy & Commerce meeting.

NIH's Tabak laid out the next steps following proposals by biosecurity, ethics, and infectious disease experts to bolster government oversight of pathogen research that could make viruses more transmissible. Once the proposals are finalized, Tabak will write a memo to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, who will then consult the White House, and then the framework will be implemented.

#biosafety #biosecurity #nih

Last updated 2 years ago

GRAIN · @GRAIN
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India has approved the environmental release of GM mustard, its first GM food crop. Since then, grassroots opposition has been building, exposing four key facts:

1. it's herbicide resistant
2. it's not made in India
3. it can decrease yields and
4. it would harm bees & honey exports

➡️ grain.org/e/6944

#bees #biosafety #biotechnology #Food #GMfood #resistance #India #agriculture #gmos

Last updated 2 years ago

BNITM · @BNITM
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Our one-year fellowship training on & , funded by @AuswaertigesAmt starts again. Apply until 31.03. if you are a health professional from Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia or Eastern Europe.
👉🏾bit.ly/3Rtrm0O

#trainingalert #gibacht #biosafety #biosecurity

Last updated 2 years ago

Itamar Medeiros · @designative
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’s national committee this week approved the safety of a manufactured by Japanese firm Takeda Pharma. The approval came after two years of discussions. During analysis, the committee requested studies demonstrating the product’s safety, after which it allowed to take place, which will happen under the supervision of Brazil’s federal health regulator . brazilian.report/liveblog/2023

#brazil #biosafety #dengue #vaccine #clinicaltrials #anvisa

Last updated 2 years ago