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6 Reshaping U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
6 Reshaping U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Pages 65-75
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partners (see Appendix Q, which briefly describes some of the cooperative programs)
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More recently, related nonproliferation programs initiated by the U.S. government have improved safety and security procedures at Russian facilities where strains of dangerous pathogens are stored.
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(SARS) outbreak in 2003 made the two governments even more aware of the importance of cooperation in combating infectious diseases through both multilateral and bilateral channels (see Appendix R for a description of programs of special interest to Russia's Ministry of Health and Social Development)
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. BOX 6.2 Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation The Russian Federation health authorities consider the Children's Vaccination Ini tiative of the U.S.-based Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation a successful model for entering into international partnerships in the Russian public health domain.
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That noted, mistrust over the possible misuse of biological research in the two countries may be gradually subsiding. However, suspicions still circulate among senior officials in both Moscow and Washington about the motivations of the other side for participating in cooperative programs.
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A careful examination of how it operates could provide useful guidance in structuring a U.S.-Russian analog. A second recommendation is to complete the integration of former Soviet biodefense facilities no longer involved in defense activities into the civilian research and production infrastructure of Russia.
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Yet they have had difficulty joining the Russian civilian infrastructure due to the hesitancy of civilian ministries to assume responsibility for their activities, a lack of historical ties with traditionally open institutes, and security concerns about details of past activities. BOX 6.4 Themes for Collaborative Research on Countering Deliberate Misuse of Variola Virus: Areas of U.S.Russian Cooperation in 2003 · New generation of smallpox vaccines · Methods of emergency prevention and therapy of orthopox virus infections and postvaccination complications · Immunobiological preparations for prevention and treatment of diseases caused by variola virus and other orthopox viruses, as well as for alleviation of post vaccination complications · Diagnostic kits for rapid species-specific identification of variola virus and other orthopox viruses · Experimental models of smallpox for studying the efficacy of smallpox vaccines and anti-viral drugs · Properties of variola virus and those of closely related orthopox viruses SOURCE: U.S.
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To implement the recommendation of further integrating former biodefense facilities into civilian research, it is important to increase the involvement of Russian specialists who did not participate in defense activities but who have important expertise related to disease prevention and control. A sharp bifurcation of the Russian scientific community between former defense and non-defense scientists not only inhibits the exchange of information within Russia, but also results in a lack of adequate attention to the proliferation potential of the historically civilian biological research sector.
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Greater efforts are needed to encourage Western program managers to recognize more fully that in the biological arena, the potential for supporting proliferation and terrorism does not only rest with former weapons scientists. The third committee recommendation is for U.S.
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As an initial step, Western payment of salaries for Russian participants in cooperative programs should be gradually BOX 6.7 Pushchino Animal Breeding Facility Awarded AAALAC Accreditation In September 2004, the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Labora tory Animal Care International (AAALAC-International) awarded full accreditation to the SPF Animal Breeding Facility (ABF)
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These and other shifts in the sharing of responsibility at the project level can often contribute to fostering genuine partnerships as well as helping to ensure the sustainability of cooperative activities. Collectively, the recommendations in this report, and particularly those in this chapter, should help restore Russia's capacity to join with the United States and the broader international community in leading an expanded global effort to control infectious diseases.
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