Biosecurity

Illustration by Matt Field.

Gene-editing on autopilot: What could go wrong?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A CDC staff microbiologist examines reconstructed 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus contained at a Biosafety Level 3-enhanced lab. Photo credit: Photo Credit: James Gathany/CDC

Human error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic threat

By Lynn Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Supplementary material for “Human error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic threat”

By Lynn Klotz | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A nurse prepares a measles vaccine. Cases of the disease increased by 30 percent globally from 2016 to 2017. (Photo credit: Pete Lewis / Department for International Development)

From Africa to America, lack of public trust makes disease outbreaks worse

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists

Making sense of the 2018 National Biodefense Strategy

By Rachel Bartholomew, Kristin Omberg | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Biological researcher He Jiankui (right) attends the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on November 28, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Brave new world with Chinese characteristics

By Yangyang Cheng | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A quantum processor.

Quantum computing, biotech, and climate change among threats of most concern to US

By Elisabeth Eaves | Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Cyber Security, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Headshots of Ariane Tabatabai, Duyeon Kim, Pavel Podvig, Laura H. Kahn, Filippa Lentzos, Dawn Stover, Michael C. Horowitz, and Jeff Terry.

Best columns of 2018

By Elisabeth Eaves | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Technology and Security

A black biohazard symbol against a yellow and black smoke-like background.

A highly hackable US biodefense system

By Elisabeth Eaves | Biosecurity, What We’re Reading

Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout via Creative Commons.

The Russian disinformation attack that poses a biological danger

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Medical staff treat injured rebel fighters and civilians in Aleppo, Syria, in October 2012. (Photo credit: Voice of America.)

A form of biological warfare in Syria and Yemen

By Elisabeth Eaves | Biosecurity, What We’re Reading

Plum pox resistant plums, created by genetic engineering.

What’s cooking for climate change? Techno-fixing dinner for 10 billion

By Pat Mooney | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology