未满足的期望:生命科学家对生物风险和责任的看法
Daniel Greene1,2, David A Relman1,3,4, Megan J Palmer1
1Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
概括
生命科学家经常缺乏生物风险管理知识,尽管有指导. 大多数研究人员未能满足他们自己考虑生物安全,生物安全和双重用途风险的标准,这表明需要改善培训和参与.
科学领域:
- 生命科学 生命科学
- 生物安全和生物安全.
- 负责任地进行研究.
背景情况:
- 国际指导方针在生命科学中促进"责任文化".
- 许多研究人员仍然不知道或不参与生物风险管理原则.
研究的目的:
- 评估生命科学家对生物风险管理的态度和参与.
- 发现有关生物安全,生物安全和双重用途信息风险的理解和实践中的差距.
主要方法:
- 调查对美国一所大学的127名研究人员进行了调查.
- 参与者直接操纵活体,细胞或病毒中的DNA或RNA.
- 收集关于责任感和风险考虑频率的数据.
主要成果:
- 大多数研究人员认为自己是负责任的,但没有达到他们对风险评估的期望.
- 生物安全风险被认为比生物安全或双重用途信息风险更常见.
- 非教师研究人员报告说,他们很少考虑故意滥用或信息发布风险.
结论:
- 美国生命科学家表明,需要加强生物风险管理能力,特别是在生物安全和双重用途信息方面.
- 关于生物风险的正式教育和实验室会议讨论很少发生.
- 职业激励和后勤挑战阻碍了积极的生物风险参与.
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