Existing and emerging mRNA vaccines and their environmental impact: a transdisciplinary assessment

By Siguna Mueller Environmental Sciences Europe volume 36, Article number: 144 (2024) Abstract mRNA vaccines have played a massive role during the COVID-19 pandemic and are now being developed for numerous other human and animal applications. Nevertheless, their potential ramifications on the environment lack scrutiny and regulation. On 14 July 2020, the EU decided to temporarily exclude the … Read more

Recombination between coronaviruses and synthetic RNAs and biorisk implications motivated by a SARS-CoV-2 FCS origin controversy

by Siguna Müller HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 04 August 2023 Sec. Biosafety and Biosecurity Volume 11 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1209054 Read and Download the full article here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1209054/full The urgent need for improved policy, regulation, and oversight of research with potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs) has been widely acknowledged. A 2022 article in … Read more

Video of Book Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 A Multidisciplinary Perspective

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYK6gtEM-4[/embedyt]   ENSSER organized the book presentation of Siguna Mueller, Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 – A Multidisciplinary Perspective published by Springer, 2023, 439 p., 61 illus.(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18903-6) on  Friday 9 June 2023. Speakers: Siguna Mueller, Independent transdisciplinary researcher (Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Habilitation in Cryptography/Data Security, Ph.D. in Mathematics, M.Sc. in … Read more

BOOK PRESENTATION: Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 A Multidisciplinary Perspective

*** Video of book presentation online *** BOOK PRESENTATION   Siguna Mueller Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 A Multidisciplinary Perspective   Published by Springer, 2023, 439 p., 61 illus. See https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18903-6 and attached flyer Analyzes the risks and benefits of mass vaccination with mRNA vaccines Covers the most recent scientific data on … Read more

Technical Report on EU “Cybersecurity Research and Innovation Needs and Priorities”

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, has published a report on “Cybersecurity Research and Innovation Needs and Priorities”. It discusses the challenges and perspectives for research and innovation in four cybersecurity fields: hyperconnected world, intelligent systems, cybersecurity in life sciences (biotechnology), and computational security. The chapter on cybersecurity in the life sciences (chapter 5) … Read more

Rarely Recognized Antibody Diversification in Covid-19 Evolution to Counteract Advanced SARS-CoV-2 Evasion Strategies, and Implications for Prophylactic Treatment

By Siguna Müller Front. Physiol., 03 August 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.624675 The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic underscores the importance of finding effective and safe ways to combat the virus, and to optimally understand the immune response elicited upon natural infection. This likely involves all components of the immune system, both innate and adaptive. The impetus for the … Read more

Facing the 2020 pandemic: What does cyberbiosecurity want us to know to safeguard the future?

by Siguna Müller published in Elsevier’s Biosecurity and Health: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsheal.2020.09.007   Abstract As the entire world is under the grip of the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19), and as many are eagerly trying to explain the origins of the virus and cause of the pandemic, it is imperative to place more attention on related potential biosafety … Read more

Are Market GM Plants an Unrecognized Platform for Bioterrorism and Biocrime?

By Siguna Müller Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 29 May 2019 Sec. Biosafety and Biosecurity Volume 7 – 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00121 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00121/full This article discusses a previously unrecognized avenue for bioterrorism and biocrime. It is suggested that new gene editing technologies may have the potential to create plants that are genetically modified in harmful ways, either in … Read more