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Research Article| Volume 21, ISSUE 3, P679-690, September 2001

Advances in Medical Biological Defense Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30028-3
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      Research and development on appropriate medical countermeasures have been in progress for many years for most of the commonly recognized biological threat agents. New advances in biotechnology have radically altered the traditional threat of biological agents because organisms can be modified to have properties of virulence or toxicity not found naturally. This article describes some of the advanced biotechnologic approaches used to produce medical countermeasures against the threats of biowarfare and bioterrorism.
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