《生物安全材料》专辑序言——铸材料科学之剑,守生物安全之门

Preface to Special Issue “Biosafety Materials”——Orging the Sword of Material Science and Guarding the Gate of Biosafety

新型冠状病毒(COVID-19)肺炎疫情突然爆发,迅速蔓延至全球,威胁人类生命,影响世界经济发展,被世界卫生组织定义为全球性生物安全事件。生物安全是指预防和控制现代生物技术的开发和应用所产生的负面影响,主要包括重大突发传染病、动植物疫情、微生物耐药、生物资源和人类遗传资源的保藏和流失、生物恐怖袭击生物战和生物武器等各方面。

Novel Coronavirus(COVID-19)pandemic broke out suddenly and spread rapidly to the world,subsequently threatening human life as well as influencing the development of the world economy.The World Health Organization(WHO)declared COVID-19 pandemic as a global biosafety event.Biosafety refers to the prevention and control of the negative effects caused by the development and application of modern biotechnology.It focuses on the prevention and control the outbreaks of infectious diseases,animal and plant epidemics,drug resistance of microbes,preservation of biological resources and human genetic resources,bioterrorism attacks and biological weapons,etc.