Recent News

By Category: Bioterrorism

Operation Pure Cure tests bioterrorism response

(DVIDS) An employee goes rogue and sets off an explosion inside the urban headquarters of a large biotechnology company. A hazardous materials team from the company makes entry into the smoking building but must withdraw after detecting radioactivity. Local first responders that have arrived on the scene determine that it’s time to call in the  Read More »

Pascrell: Bioterror threat a life or death matter

(Bio Prep Watch) The Obama administration’s 2012 strategy to prevent bioterrorism is failing and strengthening security against bioterror is a matter of life or death, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday. Pascrell made the remarks during a hearing called “Bioterrorism: Assessing the Threat” held by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response,  Read More »

Bioterrorism Fear Led Scientists to Withhold Botulinum Toxin Info

(Nextgov) Researchers have uncovered a new breed of Botulinum toxin, however, they are withholding certain information about the neurotoxin out of concern it could be misused by individuals seeking to develop a biological weapon, National Public Radio reported on Wednesday. Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, which is present in soil all  Read More »

Early Tests Bode Well for Bioterrorism Treatment

(Nextgov) A potential drug for use against Marburg virus has been shown in initial testing to be safe for humans, the Boston Business Journal reported. Pharmaceutical firm Sarepta Therapeutics announced that when the treatment was given in various dosage amounts over two weeks to 40 volunteers in a Phase 1 study, the drug was discerned  Read More »

Mosquito Wars: Secret Bioweapons Development In Nazi Germany

(Science 2.0) The Nazis studied everything to gain an advantage. Those stories about mysticism and artifacts aren’t wrong, and the advanced weapons projects are well known, that is why US President Harry Truman authorized “Operation Paperclip” to recruit their scientists and engineers, rather than just kidnapping them the way Communist leaders in the USSR did.  Read More »

« First...678910...203040...Last »

Also filed under "Bioterrorism":