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Scientists report major advance in the treatment of Hendra virus

(Boston University Medical Center) A collaborative research team from Boston University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Galveston National Laboratory, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, and the National Cancer Institute, reports a breakthrough  Read More »

Anthrax countermeasures better than in 2001, but work remains

(CIDRAP News) – If someone tried to kill Americans with Bacillus anthracis spores today, the nation would have a better medical tool chest for treating the sick and those potentially exposed than it had 10 years ago, when the anthrax …

Why the Anthrax Murders Are Re-Surfacing 10 Years Later

(Gizmodo) Three scientists who recently published their concerns in the Journal of Bioterrorism and Biodefense say that the trace amounts of tin may have been used as a coating to make the anthrax easier to inhale, and that Ivins didn't have the skill required …

Tracking diseases from anthrax to cholera

(Science News) And some wondered whether the new cases could be linked to 1950s-era government biological weapons testing on the Scottish island of Gruinard. Comparing the strain found in the heroin users to the Arizona anthrax library revealed that it was very …

Lasers Could Quickly ID Bacterial Threats: Researcher

(GSN Daily News) A Canadian researcher said he has developed a system for using laser technology to quickly identify dangerous bacteria such as anthrax, Postmedia News reported on Thursday (see GSN, Feb. 14). “It’s just a completely different way of looking at how to identify bacteria,” said Steven Rehse, an assistant physics professor at the  Read More »

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