How easy is it for a motivated actor to access your DNA, and why should you even care? These questions have long led to a Pandora’s box few are willing to open; Covid-19 has changed …
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The Australian government needs to develop a bold vision and strategic plan to create the data-driven healthcare system and bioeconomy of the future. In my new report for ASPI, Biodata and biotechnology: Opportunity and challenges …
Whether Australia is adequately prepared for a future pandemic should be a key issue on our national agenda. Over the past few years, antimicrobial resistance has become an area of growing concern for our health …
In Stephen King’s apocalyptic horror novel The stand, the accidental release of a biological weapon, a super-flu nicknamed Captain Trips, caused a global pandemic that wiped out 99.4% of the world’s population. King masterfully paints …