New biosecurity group aims to prevent biotech disasters
On Feb. 15, 2024, Biosecurity experts today launched a new international nonprofit designed to prevent modern biotechnology from causing harm. Known as the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS), the group aims to develop technological and policy guardrails to reduce the risk that biotech tools, such as the ability to synthesize and edit DNA, are accidentally or deliberately used to create deadly toxins and pathogens.
Tags:
Source: International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science
Credit: