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Plant-Based Ebola Drug Tests Well on Monkeys

(Global Security Newswire) An experimental Ebola drug has demonstrated the ability in laboratory testing to protect monkeys exposed to the lethal fast-acting hemorrhagic fever virus, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases announced in a Monday press release. None of the rhesus macaques who received the mixture of monoclonal antibodies known as mAbs  Read More »

Crows don’t digest prions, may transport them to other locations

(EurekAlert) Crows fed on prion-infected brains from mice can transmit these infectious agents in their feces and may play a role in the geographic spread of diseases caused by prions, such as chronic wasting disease or scrapie. The new research published Oct. 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Kurt VerCauteren from the  Read More »

61 Now Ill in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

(Food Safety News) The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair in North Carolina grew to 61 cases by Wednesday. At least 10 people have been hospitalized. This latest figures comes less than a week after 2-year-old Gage Lefever died from his infection last Friday. His funeral services were held on Wednesday  Read More »

Plum Island researcher making strides against dreaded livestock disease

(The Day) In the world of livestock diseases, there are few foes more formidable than foot-and-mouth disease. With seven main strains and 60 subtypes, a centuries-long track record of devastation, the ability to survive in soil for extended periods and be spread rapidly by infected animal breath, wind and other means, the virus has kept  Read More »

Washington Plans Global Meeting on Weapon-Sensitive Biological Studies

(Global Security Newswire) The United States intends before January to convene a global gathering aimed at addressing questions over biological research with potential for misuse, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases wrote in a commentary published last week by mBio. The planned conference would seek to establish a justification  Read More »

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