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RFI – Rapid Detection of Infectious Disease Pathogens in Arthropods

(Global Biodefense) The US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is conducting market research to assess the commercial availability or technical maturity of technologies for rapid detection of infectious disease pathogens in arthropods. The targeted product profile is for Arthropod Vector Pathogen Rapid Detection Devices (AVPRDDs), portable devices that enable service members to detect Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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First Study of Promising Ebola Vaccine Undertaken In West Africa

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) this week announced they have begun a clinical trial in health care workers in West Africa to evaluate a promising experimental Ebola vaccine. The vaccine was developed by investigators at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Read More »

January 7, 2014
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, International, Public Health, and Research
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New DARPA project aims to make vaccines obsolete

(ArmyTimes) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to reinvent the way bodies are taught to fight off deadly viruses and bacteria — without needing a vaccine to make it happen. DARPA, the secretive Pentagon research arm, has hired Pfizer, Inc., to lead a program to build a technology that would induce the body to Read More »

December 9, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Public Health, and Research
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December 8, 2013
| Filed under Biotechnology and Research
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New technique identifies pathogens in patient samples faster, in great detail

(Eurekalert) A team of Danish investigators has shown how to identify pathogens faster, directly from clinical samples. The research, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology appears in the journal’s January 2014 issue.