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Rapid Sequencing Method Can Identify New Viruses Within Hours
(DiscoverMagazine) In 2009, two teenagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo showed up at their village health clinic, vomiting and with blood in their noses and mouths — hemorrhagic symptoms of the notorious Ebola viruses. In three days they were dead. Yet it took three years for researchers to unmask the likely culprit: a brand-new Read More »
- November 19, 2013
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biotechnology, Public Health, and Research
Researchers Keep Mum on Botulism Discovery
(ScientificAmerican) Scientists have discovered a new strain—the first in 40 years—of Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that is ultimately responsible for causing botulism. And although they have reported their findings in a scientific journal, the investigators have taken the extraordinary step of withholding key details of the discovery. That’s because the toxins made by C. botulinum Read More »
- October 23, 2013
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, and Research
Researchers Keep Mum on Botulism Discovery: Scientific American
- October 23, 2013
- | Filed under Biotechnology and Research
New explanation for key step in anthrax infection proposed
(ScienceDaily) A new hypothesis concerning a crucial step in the anthrax infection process has been advanced by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Md. The research teams have explored the behavior of the toxins that rapidly overwhelm Read More »
- August 22, 2013
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, and Research
New explanation for key step in anthrax infection proposed
- August 22, 2013
- | Filed under Biotechnology and Research