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. 2021 Dec 30;187(Suppl 1):32-35.
doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab017.

Balancing Act: Precision Medicine and National Security

Diane DiEuliis  1 , James Giordano  2   3
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Balancing Act: Precision Medicine and National Security

Diane DiEuliis et al. Mil Med. .

Abstract

Developments in genetics, pharmacology, biomarker identification, imaging, and interventional biotechnology are enabling medicine to become increasingly more precise in "personalized" approaches to assessing and treating individual patients. Here we describe current scientific and technological developments in precision medicine and elucidate the dual-use risks of employing these tools and capabilities to exert disruptive influence upon human health, economics, social structure, military capabilities, and global dimensions of power. We advocate continued enterprise toward more completely addressing nuances in the ethical systems and approaches that can-and should-be implemented (and communicated) to more effectively inform policy to guide and govern the biosecurity and use of current and emerging bioscience and technology on the rapidly shifting global stage.

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Proposed framework of risks associated with biomedical advances in military contexts, and loci at which mitigations or prevention(s) should be engaged.
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