Containing Recombinant DNA: how to reduce the risk of escape

Containing Recombinant DNA: how to reduce the risk of escape

David R Lincoln, Laurence R Landis and H Andrew Gray describe a ‘fault tree’ analysis of containment facilities which, when applied to Fort Detrick (right), enabled them to suggest how to cut the chance of an escape from one in 15 years to one in 22. The authors are from Carnegie-Mellon University,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1979-10, Vol.281 (5731), p.421-423
Hauptverfasser: Lincoln, David R, Landis, Laurence R, Gray, H Andrew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Containment of Biohazards
DNA, Recombinant
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
news-in-brief
Risk
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
United States
Ventilation
Water Supply
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Zusammenfassung:David R Lincoln, Laurence R Landis and H Andrew Gray describe a ‘fault tree’ analysis of containment facilities which, when applied to Fort Detrick (right), enabled them to suggest how to cut the chance of an escape from one in 15 years to one in 22. The authors are from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/281421a0