Congressional Panel Charts Path to Biosecurity State

by Veronika Kyrylenko

Reprinted with permission from TheNewAmerican.com

The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) has issued a stark warning: The United States is at risk of falling behind China in the critical field of biotechnology. In its final report to Congress, the bipartisan commission, staffed with the national security insiders, calls for a comprehensive national strategy and a minimum investment of $15 billion over the next five years, ostensibly to bolster U.S. leadership in biotech.

The 2025 final report of the NSCEB opens not with a warning, but with a prophecy:

We stand at the edge of a new industrial revolution, one that depends on our ability to engineer biology. Emerging biotechnology, coupled with artificial intelligence, will transform everything from the way we defend and build our nation to how we nourish and provide care for Americans.

This philosophy mirrors almost verbatim the World Economic Forum’s vision of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — a future where the physical, digital, and biological worlds merge. Read Full Article >