THE 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES AND COUNTERACTION WAYS: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH Cover Image

Provocările secolului al XXI-lea şi modalităţi de contracarare: armele biologice şi cercetările de biologie moleculară
THE 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES AND COUNTERACTION WAYS: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH

Author(s): Lucia Elena Ionescu, Nicoleta Simona Bicheru
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: biological weapons; biological agents; molecular biology; viruses; bacteria

Summary/Abstract: The biological weapons are a real threat in the contemporary period and are considered one of the main means of mass destruction, because of the seriousness disease that they can cause and epidemic or pandemic extension. The medico-military scientific research in the domain of protection against biological weapons directs and coordinates the national effort in order to maintain the health of the forces, population, animals, plants and surrounding environment. Although pathogenic biological agents can be used as biological weapons with destructive effects, means of prevention, diagnosis and treatment are insufficient. Therefore, measures of counteraction should be taken that aimed at improving preparedness and response to bioterrorist attacks. Military Medical Research Centre (MMRC) has a permanent concern for fast implementation of rapid strategies allowing it the development of effective diagnostic capabilities and response to potential threats with bioterrorist agents. It has the needed expertise to develop working protocols for the collection, transport processing, analysis (detection, identification and confirmation) of biological agents (bacteria and viruses) by molecular biology techniques

  • Issue Year: 46/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 106-114
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian