Biological agents defense against

Plant-Derived Biopharmaceuticals as a Defense AGAINST Biological Warfare Agents... 

An increased awareness of the potentials of global bioterrorism has also prompted the investigation of nonconventional ways to create inexpensive vaccines on a rapid, massive scale if necessary (Hilleman, 2002). Plant-derived vaccines offer a potential new defense against biological warfare agents as they are inexpensive and can be easily scaled up to millions of doses within a short time frame. The vaccine can be stored for several... 

List the major biological agents against which the body s immune system defends. How are leukocytes involved in this defense ... 

The immune system is the body s defense against biological systems that would harm it. The most obvious of these consist of infectious agents, such as viruses or bacteria. Also included are... 

Sidell, F.R., Franz, D.R. (1997). Chapter 1. Overview defense against the effects of chemical and hiological warfare agents. In Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare (F.R. Sidell, E.T. Takafiiji, D.R. Franz, eds), pp. 1-7. Bordem Institute, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army Medical Department Center and Schoul, US Army Medical Research and Material Command, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Washington, Falls Church, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Detrick, Bethesda, USA. 

Effective decontamination materials and procedures should be viewed by the Navy as critical parts of a risk management-based, layered defense against chemical and biological agents. 

At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council has conducted an assessment of naval forces defense capabilities against chemical and biological warfare threats. At issue for the Department of the Navy are these questions—to what extent are capabilities being developed that will enable the naval forces to quickly sense and analyze the presence of chemical and biological agents, withstand or avoid exposure to such agents (through effective protection or countermeasures), and deal with contamination under a broad spectrum of operational conditions and over what time frame will these capabilities be realized The tasks of this assessment were as follows ... 

Rotenberg, J. (2003), Advanced management of nerve agent and sulfur mustard casualties, and children and chemical warfare agents, presented January 8, 2003 from a series Advanced Topics on Medical Defense Against Biological and Chemical Agents, sponsored by U.S. Army Medical Command and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

In defense against the use of chemical and biological agents, there are two basic problems—protection, both individual and collective, and early warning and rapid identification of these agents. 

The second need is for research support. If such increased support for areas related to man s survival in hostile environments were to be forthcoming, it is safe to predict that it will yield coincidentally major advances in the defense against biological and chemical warfare agents. 

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