Jens Kuhn returns to TWiV to explain Select Agents, Priority Pathogens, Australia List Pathogens, Risk Group Agents, biosafety, biosecurity, and biosurety.
TWiV 508: Bioweapon
- August 26, 2018
- Tagged as: biocrime, biodefense, Biopreparat, bioterrorism, biowarfare, bioweapon, Soviet Union, vector, viral, virology, virus, viruses
Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.
Michael joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB.