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Industry, Academia Race to Create Drugs Against Biological Warfare

NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE — Experts tend to arrange biological threats in tiers. And anthrax may very well have an entire shelf to itself. After all, it was a series of deadly letters containing anthrax sent through the mail just weeks after 9/11 that spawned the biodefense industry as it exists today. On the heels of Read More »

June 1, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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U.S. Strategy To Combat Bioterrorism Takes Global View

NDIA — The Defense Department has embarked on a multi-hundred-million dollar effort to protect troops from bioterrorism. Its strategy focuses on containing potential outbreaks in areas of the world where pathogens are known to exist. “What we’re trying to do is build lines of defense between the terrorists who have made it very clear that Read More »

May 18, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Science, technology, and the bioweapons treaty by Malcolm Dando

BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS — If one listened closely to the discussions around the recent meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the upcoming review of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), one might have heard a distant rumble of concern. These worries stem from the widespread recognition that advances in the life sciences are progressing at Read More »

May 17, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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LUGAR: Next threat? Counterstrikes with nukes, bioweapons

The attack on Osama bin Laden is a magnificent triumph for American intelligence and for the men and women of our military who planned and carried out this daring operation. It is a testament to the persistence and training of our forces and demonstrates to the world that the arm of American justice is long. Read More »

May 4, 2011
| Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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U.N. Chief Lauds Renewal of Anti-WMD Panel

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday lauded the Security Council’s decision last week to renew for 10 years the mandate of a panel charged with overseeing U.N. member states’ implementation of an anti-WMD measure (see GSN, April 21). “Concerted international cooperation and action remains vital to the prevention of proliferation of nuclear, chemical and Read More »