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Chemist gets US patent for solution to resistance problem

(University of Copenhagen) A chemist based at the University of Copenhagen has just taken out a patent for a drug that can make previously multidrug-resistant bacteria responsive to antibiotics once again. Jørn Bolstad and his chemist colleagues hope that the substance will soon be able to tackle the tremendous problems associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis  Read More »

UN to organise Biological Weapons Convention in Nepal

(The Himalayan Times) he United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the UNODA-Geneva Branch, and with financial support from the European Union (EU), is organising a national workshop on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with  Read More »

Nottage: Threat of biological attack occurring is ‘very real’

(Bahamas Island Info) The threat of a bioterrorist attack occurring anywhere in the world is “real” and should be taken seriously by all global countries, Minister of National Security Dr. the Hon. Bernard J. Nottage said Tuesday. This includes small-island States such as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dr. Nottage added. Addressing the Opening Session  Read More »

China confirms H5N1, goat plague cases – CHINA – LIFE – Globaltimes.cn

China confirms H5N1, goat plague cases

(Global Times) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Tuesday confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in poultry in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and goat plague in northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. On Feb. 13, a farm in a village of Xixiu District in Anshun City of Guizhou reported 3,629 chickens had showed symptoms of suspected  Read More »