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Evaluation of a genetically modified foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine candidate generated by reverse genetics

(Press Release) Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is the most economically important and highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals worldwide. Control of the disease has been mainly based on large-scale vaccinations with whole-virus inactivated vaccines. In recent years, a series of outbreaks of type O FMD occurred in China (including Chinese Taipei, Chinese Hong Kong) posed a  Read More »

Needless conflict

(Nature.com) Independent experts should be kept from undue suspicion as well as undue influence. We are what we eat. So it should come as no surprise that food-related issues such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), bisphenol A contamination, foot-and-mouth disease, Escherichia coli outbreaks and genetic modification resonate with the public. It is unfortunate, then, that  Read More »

Breaking: US House Appropriations Committee Passes Funding for NBAF

(GardnerEDGE) Washington, DC – Congressman Kevin Yoder made the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2013. The legislation includes $75 million for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, KS., and received broad bipartisan support. Representative Yoder is  Read More »

Animal Disease Research Misses the Human Perspective, Say Researchers

(Science Daily) Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behaviour of micro organisms while ignoring the role played by human beings; we need to take more account of the human dimension if the work of scientists is to be translated effectively into policy, according to scientists at Lancaster and Liverpool universities. The interdisciplinary project,  Read More »

Egypt’s Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietely Ravaging Public Health

(The Atlantic) A combination of avian flu and foot and mouth disease risk destroying the protein supply, eroding public trust, and further destabilizing the Arab world’s most populous country. Lost in the recent political jockeying and protest violence leading up to Egypt’s May 23 presidential elections is the unfolding public health disaster there. Avian flu  Read More »

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