improving people’s health. Right now they are working to learn more about SARS. They do all kinds of work in the medical and biological fields. They try to accomplish their missions by working with partners around the world and in this country like USAMRIID. The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the Army’s peaceful side of biological warfare‚ since they are banned from doing any offensive research. They do research to develop cures and strategies to help fight
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BIOWEAPONS IN AMERICA AND THE ETHICS INVOLVED TYLER TURNER BIOETHICS 2014 Bioweapons are defined as the deliberate use of disease-causing biological agents‚ such as protozoa‚ fungi‚ bacteria‚ or viruses‚ to kill or incapacitate humans‚ other animals‚ or plants (Johnson‚ 2014). These types of weapons are living organisms or replicating entities (such as viruses) that reproduce or replicate within their host victims (Ravitsky‚ 2009). Bioterrorism is the act of using bioweapons to cause illness
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The Discovery of Biological Taxonomy Taxonomy is the scientific classification of living organisms. It is known that two main naturalists were responsible for discovering and founding this classification method‚ John Ray and Carl Linnaeus. Biological Taxonomy has a hierarchy of seven main ranks; Kingdom‚ Phylum (Division if it is Botany)‚ Class‚ Order‚ Family‚ Genus and Species. These classify every living thing from Animals to Bacteria. Some of the classification system is written English
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Anthrax can be transmitted to humans by contact with an infected animal or their products. Over the years anthrax has received a great deal of attention as biologists have discovered that it can also be spread by a bioterrorist attack or as chemical warfare. Anthrax is not one of the diseases that spread from person to person. As of today‚ there are three known types of ways anthrax can infect a human. The most common way is infection through the skin. This causes an ugly sore that usually goes away
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event of September 11‚ 2001 made the terrorism in the United States real. On that day when the twin towers was seen on television crumbling down with so many lives taken and with many people overwhelming loss of life that taken place on that day. Biological weapons are intended to deliberately disseminate disease producing organisms or killing toxins in food‚ water by aerosol. Bacillus anthracis‚ the organism that causes anthrax‚ has been bandied about the media and the American public has been intrigued
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is a result of my own work and my indebtedness to other work publications‚ if any‚ have been duly acknowledged. Place: CHANGA Date: 09-12-2009 SWETANG PANCHAL INTRODUCTION Bioterrorism refers to the intentional release of toxic biological agents to harm and terrorize civilians‚ in the name of a political or other cause. A bioterrorism attack is the deliberate release of viruses‚ bacteria‚ or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people‚ animals‚ or plants. These
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Cited: “2001 anthrax attacks.” From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. 2005. May 1‚ 2005. “Anthrax as a Biological Weapon‚ 2002.” Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Vol. 287 No. 17‚ May 1‚ 2002. May 1‚ 2005. “Anthrax: What You Need To Know.” Center for Disease Control and Prevention “Bacillus anthracis.” From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia.
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Abstract Introduction Biological warfare has been around since the 19th century. It can include any organism or toxin found in nature to kill or injure people. Many nations are seeking ways to acquire biological weapons to use against other nations and there have been many concerns of terrorist groups having the technology to use them. In fact‚ as of the 1980s‚ some terrorist organizations may have even been traced to possessing bio-weapons. Most bio-weapons can spread through the air‚ with explosives
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American Public University America’s Top Three Potential Terrorist Attacks Alan Jacobs HLSS 155 B001 Win 13 Professor Dr. Wesley Phillips 15 February 2013 America’s Top Three Potential Terrorist Attacks Since the successful attacks by planned by Osama Bin Laden‚ and carried out by Al Qaeda terrorists‚ the United States of America has implemented new strategies to thwart efforts by terrorist to achieve another successful attack on US soil. Along with the new
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“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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