A group of inner city teens are hunted down by a crazed psychopath, in this slasher horror from director Menhaj Huda. Although he's determined to change his life around now that his first love Jemma (Sophie Stuckey) is pregnant, recently released con Lloyd (Jacob Anderson) soon finds himself running with his old mates again. Accepting their offer of cash and drugs, he agrees to help them break into the now derelict tower block where they used to live as kids and erect an aerial for their pirate radio station. With Lloyd's friends deciding to celebrate his release at the same time, the event soon turns into a party with the group popping pills like there's no tomorrow. But when Jenna mysteriously disappears, the resulting search of the labyrinthine tower quickly turns into a bloodbath, as one by one the friends are targetted by a blade-wielding psychopath.

When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian influenza strain, the information caused an international debate about the appropriateness and communication of the researchers' work, the risks associated with the work, partial or complete censorship of scientific publications, and dual-use research of concern in general. Recognizing that the H5N1 research is only the most recent scientific activity subject to widespread attention due to safety and security concerns, on May 1, 2012, the National Research Council's Committee on Science, Technology and Law, in conjunction with the Board on Life Sciences and the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats, convened a one-day public workshop for the purposes of 1) discussing the H5N1 controversy; 2) considering responses by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which had funded this research, the World Health Organization, the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), scientific publishers, and members of the international research community; and 3) providing a forum wherein the concerns and interests of the broader community of stakeholders, including policy makers, biosafety and biosecurity experts, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and the general public might be articulated. Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Enquiry, Communication, Controversy summarizes the proceedings of the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 The Quickening Pace of Biological Research and Current Challenges in Biosecurity 3 Influenza 4 Scientists and the Social Contract 5 Governance and Oversight 6 Moving Forward Appendixes Appendix A: Timeline Appendix B: Official Statements Appendix C: The Two Published H5N1 Papers Appendix D: Workshop Agenda Appendix E: Workshop Attendees Appendix F: Biographical Information of Committee and Staff

Synthetic biology -- unlike any research discipline that precedes it -- has the potential to bypass the less predictable process of evolution to usher in a new and dynamic way of working with living systems. Ultimately, synthetic biologists hope to design and build engineered biological systems with capabilities that do not exist in natural systems -- capabilities that may ultimately be used for applications in manufacturing, food production, and global health. Importantly, synthetic biology represents an area of science and engineering that raises technical, ethical, regulatory, security, biosafety, intellectual property, and other issues that will be resolved differently in different parts of the world. As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies -- the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, the United States' National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering -- organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues associated with synthetic biology. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century summarizes the symposia proceedings.