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Framing biosecurity: An alternative to the biotech revolution model?

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Since 11 September 2001 there is growing national and international policy focus on the increasing threat of bioterrorism. Underpinning this policy focus is a dominant frame of discourse for how to consider biosecurity threats. This paper describes some of the key ideas comprising the dominant biosecurity discourse and contrasts it with an alternative framing of the issues. To illustrate these different frames, it draws on examples from the emerging field of synthetic genomes and other biotechnologies that have generated security concerns. It argues that the current dominant frame takes away attention from other important considerations for assessing the threat from biotechnologies. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Kathleen M Vogel, 2008. "Framing biosecurity: An alternative to the biotech revolution model?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 35(1), pages 45-54, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:35:y:2008:i:1:p:45-54
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    1. Fisher, Jill A. & Monahan, Torin, 2011. "The "biosecuritization" of healthcare delivery: Examples of post-9/11 technological imperatives," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(4), pages 545-552, February.
    2. Jennifer Kuzma & Todd Tanji, 2010. "Unpackaging synthetic biology: Identification of oversight policy problems and options," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(1), pages 92-112, March.
    3. Stephen McGrail & A. Idil Gaziulusoy & Paul Twomey, 2015. "Framing Processes in the Envisioning of Low-Carbon, Resilient Cities: Results from Two Visioning Exercises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-35, July.

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