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(Foreign Policy) 7, addressing the review summit on biological weapons. Concern reached such heights that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a surprise visit to Geneva on Dec. 7, addressing the review summit on biological weapons. No American official of her stature had attended the bioweapons summits in decades, and Clinton’s presence stunned observers.

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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NIAID Awards $9.4M for Anthrax Vaccine Project

(Global Security Newswire) A New Jersey firm has won $9.4 million in federal funding for work on a new anthrax vaccine in conjunction with Harvard University, the Times of Trenton reported on Tuesday. The funds, provided by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, would support efforts by the biopharmaceutical company Soligenix to Read More »

January 5, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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BUSM researchers identify novel compound to halt virus replication

(Boston University Medical Center) A team of scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel compound that inhibits viruses from replicating. The findings, which are published online in the Journal of Virology, could lead to the development of highly targeted compounds to block the replication of poxviruses, such as the emerging Read More »

January 4, 2012
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Princeton company working on new anthrax vaccine

(Newsworks.org) Michael Kurilla, director of biodefense research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a vaccine that requires fewer injections would make effective treatment easier in a disaster. The vaccine now on the market requires …

January 4, 2012
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Scientists crack medieval bone code

(Michigan State University) The scientists are the first to confirm the existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, in ancient skeletal remains. The findings, which appear in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, suggest brucellosis has been endemic to Albania since at least the Middle Ages. Although rare in the United States, brucellosis Read More »