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By Category: Countermeasures

Be alert for anthrax

(Wellington Times) The current dry, hot weather creates conditions favourable for the emergence of anthrax events in those areas that have had a history of the disease in the past. Central West Local Land Services (LLS) is encouraging landholders to look out for sudden deaths in stock and consider vaccinating against this disease where there Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Countermeasures
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Patent Granted for Anthrax Elimination System

(Global Biodefense) In addition to the patents held for healthcare-based enclosed space disinfection applications, Medizone International, Inc. has now been awarded a patent for its government variant of AsepticSure, intended for use by defense agencies as a response to a biological attack on critical buildings, infrastructure and resources.

February 5, 2014
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
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Hawaii Biotech awarded anthrax anti-toxin grant by NIAID

(Pharmaceutical Business Review) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Hawaii Biotech a grant to continue the development of anthrax anti-toxin drugs. The small molecule inhibitors under development block anthrax lethal toxin.

February 5, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
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The Biohacker: A Threat to National Security / ISN

February 4, 2014
| Filed under Bioterrorism and Countermeasures
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The Biohacker: A Threat to National Security

(ISN) The ability of non-scientists to create and deploy biological weapons represents the emergence of a new threat – the “biohacker.” As John Wikswo and others see it, it’s time to improve our detection and disruption capabilities if we hope to keep this next-step nemesis in check.