"To explore concerns about possible terrorist exploitation of advanced biotechnology, the Center for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense University (NDU) in collaboration with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) assembled a group of experts in the biological and social sciences to analyze recent and future bioscientific trends...This report is based on the discussions of the focus group held over two days, along with subsequent comments by focus group members and outside reviewers, as well as the results of additional research of the scientific literature. This research was necessary i view of rapid advances in the biosciences, which made it imperative that the authors include new material soon after it was published." -- From the Executive Summary.

SOAR-02-8 -- Cover. Spiral-bound.

Introduction --Background and assumptions -- Acquiring biological weapons -- Advanced biotechnology and microorganism weaponization -- Weaponization of microorganisms -- Incidental findings of the focus group -- Concluding thoughts.