Progress in global biodefense technology and China′s future development / 军事医学

ABSTRACT

Enhancing national biodefense science and technology capacity is the basis of and key to biosafety and biosecurity .A further improved biodefense capability is required for the military to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity , safeguard national interests overseas , and carry out military operations other than war .Currently , global biodefense technology is progressing rapidly .Research on detection and diagnosis products for biological threats focuses on novel, fast, portable, and remote identification technologies .As for biodefense vaccine development , research of vaccines for emerging viruses, bacteria, toxins, and malaria has made positive progress .In biodefense pharmaceutical research , new anti-influenza drugs , anti-Ebola drugs , anti-Marburg virus drugs , and new antibiotics for anthrax and plague keep emerging.In the future, China should give priority to research on biosurveillance and early warning , biodefense product transformation, and all-spectrum biodefense system construction .