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Risk scenarios The Diane Thompson case Location: St. Paul Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States Date: October 1996 Incident type: Theft/use by insider Agent(s): Shigella dysenteriae (bacteria causing dysentery) Perpetrator: Laboratory technician, Diane Thompson

Bio-risks: key trends 1) Biosecurity risks generally viewed as longer-term or secondary relative to biosafety 2) ‘Biosafety’ more familiar than ‘biosecurity’ 3) Interest in more active approaches on bioterrorism/agroterrorism 4) ‘Insider threat’ is viewed as worrisome

Bio-risks: key trends (2) 5) Veterinary and agricultural facilities - lower safety and security awareness 6) Regional biosafety and biosecurity champions (train the trainer, university programs) 7) Biomedical waste is a frequent concern 8) Detection capacities (labs and borders) 9) Emergency coordination

Example 1: Advances in Biotechnology - GMOs � Expanding industrial and agricultural applications of biotechnology � E.g. genetically modified organism (GMO) crops Potential impacts: • Unintended consequences • Health and environmental risks

Example 2: Dual-use research of concern � Growing concerns about possible misuse of scientific research � E.g. vaccine research on pathogen gain of function � Availability on Internet Potential impact: Human, environmental and agricultural risks

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