@article{8e4bf72b4dea400cbc0e52c9f76495a8,
title = "Smarter regulations: Commentary on {"}Responsible conduct by life scientists in an age of terrorism{"}",
abstract = "In the United States a rapidly increasing regulatory burden for life scientists has led to questions of whether the increased burden resulting from the Select Agent Program has had adverse effects on scientific advances. Attention has focussed on the regulatory {"}fit{"} of the Program and ways in which its design could be improved. An international framework convention to address common concerns about biosecurity and biosafety is a logical next step.",
keywords = "Biosafety, Biosecurity law, Biosecurity regulations, Bioterrorism, Laboratories, Research, Scientist, Terrorism",
author = "Victoria Sutton",
note = "Funding Information: This gap-closing effort continued with the signing into law of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which expanded the criminal section to include possession of certain quantities of select agents for no {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}reasonably justified{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} purpose. This crime became punishable by a maximum term of incarceration of ten years and a fine of as much as $250,000. This added to existing law passed in 1989 in response to the Biological Weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Act of 1989,3 which made it a crime to use or intend to use biological weapons. A graduate student was the first charged under this law in November 2001 (U.S. Dept. of Justice 2002), and the case was settled by a plea bargain without going to trial. Additional regulations in this regulatory framework arise from the requirement that all recombinant DNA studies receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must be approved by the NIH.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/s11948-009-9141-6",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "303--309",
journal = "Science and Engineering Ethics",
issn = "1353-3452",
number = "3",
}