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FDA Signs CRADA with Vivione Biosciences for Food Pathogen Detection System

(GlobalBiodefense) Vivione Biosciences Corporation this week announced a new three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). The focus of the CRADA is to expand the capability of Vivione’s RAPID-B diagnostic system. The Vivione system detects bacterial pathogens by looking individually at each Read More »

November 21, 2013
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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Army Scientists Improving Methods to Detect Ricin

(Military.com) An envelope laced with ricin intended for the president of the United States was intercepted in April 2013 by law enforcement officials when protocols established for mail screenings revealed the threat of a biological weapon. Ricin is a highly toxic, naturally occurring protein found in the seeds of the castor oil plant. There is Read More »

November 21, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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Study to identify functions of hypothetical genes in two infectious disease pathogens

November 20, 2013
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Researchers suggest China consider national flu vaccination plan with staggered timing

(Eurekalert) China should tailor its influenza vaccination strategies to account for its three distinct flu regions, according to the first comprehensive study of the country’s flu patterns conducted by a research team of Chinese and American scientists. Flu season in northern China occurs during the same period as in the world’s other northern temperate zones, Read More »

November 20, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Public Health, and Research
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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 »