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Solid formulations of the recombinant anthrax vaccine: an interview with Dr Mark Carnegie-Brown, CEO, Glide Pharma

June 6, 2013
| Filed under Research
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Of Mosquitoes And Men: Scientists Discover How Disease-carrying Vectors Are Attracted To Humans

(Science2.0) Female mosquitoes are predators of mammalian blood, relying on blood proteins to lay their eggs. While certain mosquito species are attracted to mammals by their emission of body heat and carbon dioxide, other species, such as Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti, have evolved a strong lust for the smell of humans. Such mosquitoes are Read More »

June 5, 2013
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Duke to co-lead NIH research network on antibacterial resistance

(EurekAlert) Investigators at Duke Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have been selected to oversee a nationwide research program on antibacterial resistance, which includes a focus on the growing unmet challenges associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and E. coli. The research team will direct the allocation of a federal grant from Read More »

June 4, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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New kind of antibiotic may be more effective at fighting tuberculosis, anthrax, and other diseases

(EurekAlert) Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis — a severe food-borne illness — eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, thanks to a team of scientists led by Kenneth Keiler, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University. In a research paper that will Read More »

June 4, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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Protect swine herds from PED with proper biosecurity protocols

(MSUExtension) With the recent outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) producers need to be conscious of their biosecurity protocols and methods. Strict biosecurity procedures are the first line of defense when protecting your swine herd from this disease that is new to the United States. Guidelines should be in place for cleaning and disinfection of Read More »