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- Biologicals - World Health Organization (WHO)
Biologicals are a class of medicines made from living cells taken from plants, animals or bacteria These cells are use in creating many types of health care products, including vaccines This group of medicines also includes products derived from human blood and plasma for the treatment of many life-threatening diseases and for surgical procedures
- Biological weapons - World Health Organization (WHO)
Biological and toxin weapons are either microorganisms like virus, bacteria or fungi, or toxic substances produced by living organisms that are produced and released deliberately to cause disease and death in humans, animals or plants Biological agents like anthrax, botulinum toxin and plague can pose a difficult public health challenge causing large numbers of deaths in a short amount of
- Guidelines for Biologicals
Guidelines for national authorities on quality assurance for biological products, Annex 2, TRS No 822 Guidelines for national authorities on quality assurance for
- International Day for Biological Diversity: Harmony between nature and . . .
This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, on Thursday, 22 May 2025, highlights the inherent connections between people and the natural world through the theme, “Harmony with nature and sustainable development” It underscores the need to achieve the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – interlinked with
- Mental health
Individual psychological and biological factors such as emotional skills, substance use and genetics can make people more vulnerable to mental health problems Exposure to unfavourable social, economic, geopolitical and environmental circumstances – including poverty, violence, inequality and environmental deprivation – also increases
- Laboratory biosafety manual, 4th edition - World Health Organization (WHO)
This fourth edition of the manual builds on the risk assessment framework introduced in the third edition A thorough, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the risks allows safety measures to be balanced with the actual risk of working with biological agents on a case-by-case basis
- Biotherapeutic products - World Health Organization (WHO)
A major industrial application of biotechnology is in the development and preparation of biological medicinal products using genetically engineered bacteria, yeast, fungi, cells or even whole animals and plants
- World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable
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