spores and toxins
Project description
There is no necessary requirements (documents) to be submitted in reference to these questions. Information has to be googled. The questions are based on spores and toxins. These are short answer questions except for # 2, one paragraph.

1. With respect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction.

a. What are two major differences between the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the above Convention with respect to biological weapons?

b. Currently how many countries are non-participants, how many are signatories, and how many have ratified the Convention?

c. What is the difference between a signatory country and one that has ratified the Convention?

d. Why is biodefense research involving Category A, B and C agents not in conflict with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction?

2. PBS Economic correspondent, Paul Solman, declared in his PBS video presentation of Bioterror: The Downside of Innovation “You don’t want your kids to be the first one on the block to make Ebola virus” with respect to the potential use of synthetic biology for “kitchen sink” biological warfare. Describe in one brief paragraph what synthetic biology is as well as how and/or why it can be considered dual-use .

3. What data source would be most important to accommodate Traditional Surveillance?