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By Category: Countermeasures

Portable device detects anthrax in under an hour

R & D Magazine – Cornell University – A portable device can detect the presence of the anthrax bacterium in about one hour from a sample containing as few as 40 microscopic spores, report Cornell and University of Albany researchers who invented it.

August 1, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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Renewal of 2006 preparedness law advances in US House

CIDRAP – The report for calendar year 2010, released this week, lists the amounts of countermeasures that have been acquired for anthrax, botulinum toxin, smallpox, and radiation exposures. The products are stored in the Strategic National Stockpile.

July 29, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Singapore Pursues Ricin Countermeasure

Singaporean government researchers have uncovered genetic material considered critical to ricin’s toxicity, offering a potential pathway to a countermeasure for the lethal biological agent, AsiaOne News reported on Sunday. The ERGIC2 host gene is central to the threat posed both by ricin and another toxin known to strike hospitalized individuals with immune system deficiencies, said Read More »

July 27, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Countermeasures
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2010 Project BioShield Annual Report to Congress

July 25, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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Sandia’s CANARY software protects water utilities from terrorist attacks and contaminants, boosts quality

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Americans are used to drinking from the kitchen tap without fear of harm, even though water utilities might be vulnerable to terrorist attacks or natural contaminants. Now, thanks to CANARY Event Detection Software — an open-source software developed by Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — public Read More »