Biosecurity education in school: A UK pilot study
September 2026
There are increasing calls for the introduction of biological security and general chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) security concepts to students in secondary schools and, more...
Designing a biosecurity educational website and assessing user engagement to enhance disease prevention and preparedness on beef cattle farms in the United States
September 2026
Infectious diseases pose a continuous threat to the health and sustainability of beef cattle farms. The implementation of effective biosecurity plans can reduce the spread of pathogens between and within...
Foundation of biosecurity education: biosecurity glossary
September 2026
One of the persistent challenges in biosecurity education is the lack of common vocabulary among key stakeholders − including scientists, educators, policymakers, diplomats, regulators, industry actors,...
Raising biosafety awareness in public health laboratories in Egypt: lessons from a governorate partnering competition
September 2026
Strengthening biosafety culture in public health laboratories requires not only policies and technical training, but also participatory approaches that make biosafety priorities visible to both frontline...
IFBA-certified biorisk management professionals as catalysts for institutional change
September 2026
Effective biorisk management (BRM) requires a competent workforce, whose competences are often validated through national or international professional certification programmes. Evidence remains limited...
Optimal strategies for containing infectious disease spread in mass gatherings with crowd mobility
June 2026
•ABM representing the Mena Hajj ritual.•The model takes into account age, health, and crowd risk indexes, plus the vaccination coverage and efficacy on the country of nationality.•Nine optimization...
Integrated assessment of biosafety, biosecurity and cyber-biosecurity in clinical microbiology laboratories in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
June 2026
Clinical microbiology laboratories in low-resource settings face increasing biological and digital risks, yet integrated evaluations of biosafety, biosecurity and cyberbiosecurity remain scarce in sub-Saharan...
Exploring the photodynamic antifungal efficacy and mechanism of red-emissive carbon dots
June 2026
These red-emissive carbon dots (CDs) can localize the mitochondria of the fungi and generate abundant singlet oxygen (1O2) under 525 nm LED irradiation, thereby disrupting the mitochondria of yeasts,...
Design, establishment and accreditation of biosafety Level 3 laboratory using the Egyptian experience for sustainable high-containment capacity in national biological defence structure
June 2026
BSL-3 laboratories are crucial for global health security because they provide a basis for the research and diagnostics of new and known infectious agents. Yet few such facilities have been established,...
Mathematical analysis and numerical simulation of campylobacteriosis dynamics: assessing the roles of house flies and contaminated food products as mechanical vectors
June 2026
Globally, food-borne campylobacteriosis is a major cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, disproportionately affecting impoverished areas. Inadequate sanitation infrastructure in these settings leads to...
Bioinformatic assessment of the potential for harm to humans via horizontal gene transfer from the planned release of genetically modified mosquito vectors
June 2026
•The potential for mosquito to human Horizontal Gene (HGT) Transfer was investigated.•This contributed to a risk assessment for the release of genetically modified mosquitoes.•Analysis of human and...
Mirror-image biology: perspectives and challenges
June 2026
Mirror-image biology is an emerging frontier in synthetic biology that uses chirally inverted biomolecules—D-proteins and L-nucleic acids—to construct orthogonal biological systems. Rapid advances in...
Regulating synthetic biology and advanced genetic interventions: biosecurity frameworks, gene therapy oversight, stem-cell manufacturing risks and future policy directions
June 2026
Gene editing (CRISPR-Cas9, base and prime editing), viral-vector therapies (adeno-associated virus [AAV] and lentiviral systems) and engineered stem cell platforms (induced pluripotent stem cells and...
Strategies to strengthen biosecurity regulation in the ASEAN region and the United States: Approaches and implications
June 2026
The rise of biological threats, such as new infectious diseases, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bioterrorism and unregulated biotechnology use, shows that it is critical for the Association...
Forecasting tuberculosis prevalence in Afghanistan until 2032: a mathematical modelling analysis
March 2026
Medical students’ mobile phones: hotspots for antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
March 2026
•Medical students’ mobile phones (MPs) can transmit resistant bacteria between various settings.•The high frequency of Gram-negative bacterial contaminants at our geographical area is striking.•Policies...
Patent-based analysis of biosafety trends in synthetic biology
March 2026
This study explored biosafety trends in synthetic biology through patent analysis. As an interdisciplinary field, synthetic biology brings innovation opportunities to society, but it is accompanied...
Hepatitis B virus S gene substitutions in Iraqi patients: computational analysis of missense substitutions and functional impact
March 2026
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) continues to be a global health concern, with immune-escape substitutions increasingly reported in regions where genotype D predominates. In Iraq, where genotype D is the...
New methods for the assessment and prediction of vector-borne infectious diseases
March 2026
This study, which demonstrates that the single-population Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) model is also applicable to the assessment and prediction of vector-borne infectious disease...
China releases white paper on China’s arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation in the new era
March 2026
Estimating the time-varying effectiveness of COVID-19 preparedness in WHO European Region: A biorisk-focused wavelength (BFW) model approach
March 2026
This study analyses how the time-varying predictive power of national preparedness capacities over the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed over time. Building on the...
Towards an attitude of responsibility for safety in life science education
December 2025
The rapid pace of innovation in the life sciences raises new questions about the safety and security of emerging technologies and processes. Therefore, it is important to investigate what is taught...
Assessment of the biosecurity and slaughter practises in selected European abattoirs with a focus on the control of Salmonella and hepatitis E virus contamination
December 2025
The zoonotic pathogens Salmonella and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are frequently found in domestic pigs. The consumption of contaminated pig meat products is one of the most common routes of such infections...
