biodefense
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊdɪˈfɛns/
- Specialized
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biodefensa
- The heightened political attention accorded to the threat of infectious diseases has, for instance, prompted the passage of new legislation that grants governments extended powers, given greater impetus for intervention (and ownership) by central governments in health care services, and resulted in millions (and in some instances billions) of dollars' worth of investment in civil and military biodefense initiatives.
- biodefense research
- US biodefense
Examples
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Yet according to Leitenberg, Washington policymakers have instead focused on bioterrorism and biodefense.
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The research at the Center for Infection and Immunity was performed under the auspices of AI57158 (Northeast Biodefense Center-Lipkin), US Agency for International Development PREDICT program, and USA Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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More than $20 billion has been spent on biodefense research since 2001...
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High containment labs and other facilities of the US biodefense program
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He then shifted the film's focus to a broader and concluding charge: US biodefense research was endangering humankind.
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Dr. Kugelman is a biodefense research scientist and bioinformatician in the Center for Genome Sciences at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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In December 2006, Battelle National Biodefense Institute hooked the $250-million, five-year DHS contract to run the NBACC.
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More than a dozen universities and private consortia are currently vying to win the DHS contract for its own new biodefense research center tagged at roughly $450 million.
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When these figures are contrasted with the five deaths from the 2001 anthrax attacks, it is little short of amazing that in fiscal year 2006 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) received $1.76 billion for biodefense but only $120 million to fight influenza.
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The government implemented new biodefense measures to safeguard against potential biological attacks.
Synonyms
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Measures to stop harmful germs and diseases spreading among people, animals, or plants
Actions to protect people and places from harmful bacteria, viruses and toxins
Actions and plans to protect people from attacks using germs that cause disease
Actions and plans to protect people and places from attacks using harmful germs
How Protected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biodefense is made of bio- which means 'life', the same part you see in biology, and defense which means 'protection'. So, biodefense is about actions and tools used to protect people and the environment from harmful germs, viruses, or biological attacks.