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India Completes High-Security Biodefense Lab

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) India on Tuesday announced the completion of its first Biosafety Level 4 laboratory, which could conduct research involving lethal disease agents that could pose a bioterrorism threat. Biosafety Level 4 laboratories are authorized to work with materials that cause the world’s most dangerous diseases, including those for which there is no known cure.

March 8, 2013
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Biotechnology, and Policy & Initiatives
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New Device Better Traps Viruses, Airborne Pathogens

(Newswise) Washington University engineering researchers have created a new type of air-cleaning technology that could better protect human lungs from allergens, airborne viruses and ultrafine particles in the air.

February 25, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Biotechnology
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Chemical and Biological Defense Technologies BAA

(GlobalBiodefense) The U.S. military is seeking innovative ideas for development of technologies for chemical and biological defense applications under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) released this week by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD).

February 22, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Research
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Chemical and Biological Defense Technologies BAA

The U.S. military is seeking innovative ideas for development of technologies for chemical and biological defense applications under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) released this week by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Joint Science and Technology Office … Continue reading →

February 21, 2013
| Filed under Biotechnology
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Cangene drug against bioterrorism toxin likely safe for humans

(FierceBiotech) U.S. drug regulators deem a therapy developed by Cangene likely to be effective in humans to protect against a toxin considered a bioterrorism threat. Botulinum neurotoxin has long been judged a potential biological warfare agent, and there are currently no licensed vaccines to prevent botulism, a paralytic illness that can be fatal. Based on Read More »