In this lecture Professor Dando reviews international control of the
biotechnology revolution, the threat of deliberate disease - from
biowarfare, bioterrorism, and the possible misuse of benignly intended
civil research. He looks at the recent history of the Biological and
Toxin Weapons Convention and the emphasis on in-depth implementation of
the Convention including codes of conduct and education for life
scientists. Professor Dando argues that there is much evidence that
life scientists know very little about these issues. There is a wider
question of how this prohibition regime might be strengthened. He asks,
could the education of life scientists be improved though the
development of appropriate education modules?
