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AgroTerrorism Drill Prepares Area Emergency Responders

(St Joe Channel) A scenario played out across northwest Missouri Thursday depicting a disaster that could put our food supply in jeopardy. The planned event was part of an Argoterrorism drill that brought the threat to life in farm communities across the area. A mock-exercise helped prepare first responders on how to handle a real Read More »

October 15, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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Mother Nature, Version 2.0

(Wall Street Journal) It once seemed that the most profound feats stemming from DNA-based science would spring from our ability to read and detect genes, which we call the science of genomics. But the real opportunities lie in our ability to write DNA, to synthesize new gene sequences and insert them into organisms, resulting in Read More »

October 12, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, and Research
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Race-specific Bio-weapon Similar to SARS in the Making

(Device Magazine) Though the world has stopped discussing about the SARS disease these days, it is still a horrible memory. Many have died of this horrible disease and the latest news suggests that a disease similar to SARS is likely to be used as a bio-weapon. The most significant fact about this is that the Read More »

October 11, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Middle East, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, and Public Health
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Biologists describe details of new mechanism for molecular interactions

(EurekAlert) Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with collaborators from Harvard University, the University of Madrid, Princeton University, and the University of Zurich, have discovered a new mechanism that may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell’s nucleus. The discovery illustrates how two proteins of the human adenovirus Read More »

October 11, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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A Cup Of Tea To Battle Terrorism

(Personal Liberty) New research indicates that a powerful weapon in the fight against bioterrorism could be a simple cup of tea. The favorite English beverage has shown in studies the ability to kill certain deadly microorganisms and deactivate toxins. According to Dr. Simon Richardson, senior lecturer in Biopharmaceutical Sciences at the British University of Greenwich’s Read More »