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Battlefield uses of biotech proposed in report to Army
Tue Jun 26 14:18:57 2001
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Battlefield uses of biotech proposed in report to Army
Carl T. Hall, Chronicle Science Writer
Thursday, June 21, 2001
Even though biological weapons are banned,
military planners are actively searching out new
ways to bring biotechnology to the battlefield.
A new scientific report, commissioned by the Army,
was issued yesterday by a panel of experts. It
highlights an extraordinary range of military
"opportunities" in biotech, ideas that many experts
said would be developed whether the Pentagon
wants them or not.
"It's clear that biotech is going to change the way
we fight wars, and it's also clear we have to get
there first before the others get there," said study
co-author Mauro Ferrari, a professor of internal
medicine and biomedical engineering at Ohio State
University.
The list of possibilities reads like an inventory of
props for a spy thriller set sometime around 2025,
which also happened to be the "planning horizon"
for the National Research Council's 16-member
Board on Army Science and Technology, authors
of the new report.
Among the ideas:
-- Bioengineered tracking agents soldiers would
swallow before going into the field, which could
help the Army follow troop movements and maybe
allow sensor-equipped snipers to distinguish friend
from foe.
-- Nonilluminating paints to make military vehicles
invisible to radar.
-- Wrist-top biosensors to guard against germ
warfare, combined perhaps with vaccines that could
be developed rapidly in the field and "functional
food" rations laced with edible vaccines.
-- Armor as flexible as skin, tough as an abalone
shell and enhanced with "living characteristics," such
as the ability to heal itself when torn.
Even more far-out possibilities fall under the general
heading of biology- based "performance
enhancement" for soldiers, including brain implants,
real- time monitoring of gene expression and
performance-enhancing drugs.
Some items on the list raise ethical problems, which
were not addressed in the report, titled
"Opportunities in Biotechnology for Future Army
Applications." Just what circumstances might
warrant tracking a soldier's DNA, for example,
were not spelled out in any detail.
Instead, authors of the new study identified five
"high-priority" areas where the military was told it
should focus research: "self-replicating systems for
wound healing," small-scale vaccine production,
rugged computer data-storage devices, "shock
therapeutics" and genetically tuned vaccines.
Robert Love, staff director for the panel, said the
military had no choice but to explore all sorts of
new ways to support troops in the field, citing such
possibilities as bioengineered field rations designed
for easy digestion.
Biosensors ingested by soldiers, for example,
represent "a very important idea" for tracking troops
heading into harm's way, he said. "The digital soldier
already carries a lot of electronic equipment," he
said. "This is a new dimension of intelligence on the
battlefield."
But the panel steered away from speculating as to
which gadgets might actually work and which might
be better left on the drawing board.
The main point, said panel chairman Michael
Ladisch, a professor and director of a biotech
research lab at Purdue University, is that the military
needs to take this stuff seriously -- even if some of it
does seem outlandish now.
"There are lots of different ways this could develop,
and a lot of it is going to develop anyhow," he said
during a phone interview. "The Army really needs to
keep on top of things."
Right away, he said, that means bolstering the
military's ability to evaluate biotechnology. The idea
is to equip the Pentagon with the expertise to
determine which research projects are important to
the country's defenses, and of those, which can be
left up to private industry and which need Pentagon
grants or technical help to bring to fruition.
Meetings to go over those details are planned with
military brass later this year, Ladisch said, after the
Army, which is the lead service branch for
biological defense, has had a chance to digest the
new report's findings.
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Mon Jun 25 08:27:10 2001
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