Estudiosos del tema afirman que los avances tecnológicos recientes significan que incluso los adolescentes pueden hacer armas biológicas. Si bien esto es teóricamente posible, también es muy poco probable. Un estudiante de bioingenieria presenta una vía plausible para biohackers aficionados, para diseñar un arma y evaluar la dificultad de cada paso…
Video Seminar: Took place Thursday, February 25, 2016 at CNS of MIIS in Monterey
Speaker: Zian Liu
Scholars claim that recent technology advances mean that even teenagers can make bioweapons. While this is theoretically possible, it is also very unlikely. Mr. Liu presents a plausible pathway for amateur biohackers to engineer a weapon and assess the difficulty of every step. Furthermore, he comments on how improvements in DNA editing may alter the biosecurity landscape.
Zian (Zane) Liu is a fourth-year bioengineering undergraduate at UC Berkeley interested in the social impacts of biomedical innovations, particularly synthetic biology. After graduation, he hopes to play a role in the governance of synthetic biology, and in increasing access to healthcare and education in underserved areas.
Q&A Session
Fuente: http://www.nonproliferation.org
