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US to Seek University Input on New Dual Use Reviews

(Science Now) The U.S. government will soon be asking university officials to comment on how best to implement recently released dual use research rules at the university level, a senior U.S. science official announced today. “What needs to be ironed out and will be ironed out is how [dual use reviews are] sorted out at Read More »

May 3, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Exercises Option with Pfenex Inc. To Extend Contract for the Development of a Recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA) Based Anthrax Vaccine

(Press Release) Pfenex Inc. today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has exercised its option associated with the existing Pfenex contractual relationship begun in July, 2010. This extends the contract supporting the development of a robust Pfenex Expression Technology(TM) based production strain Read More »

May 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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MBTA to run bioterrorism tests in subway tunnels during summer 2012

(My Fox Boston) BOSTON – Homeland Security agents plan to run a terror test on the MBTA by releasing bacteria into local subway tunnels. The test will check if new safety sensors are working, but will the move put riders at risk? Several sensors designed to sniff out airborne attacks on the “T” have already Read More »

May 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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U.S. Completing Work on Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. government has almost finished work on a vaccine for treating the highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease — a possible biological weapon for terrorists looking to decimate the nation’s meat production, BBC News reported last week. While humans cannot contract foot-and-mouth disease, it is extremely contagious among cloven-footed animals such as goats, Read More »

May 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Research
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Coping With An Anthrax Attack: What Would A City Do?

(Annenberg Digital News) Using Seattle as a focal point, University of Southern California researchers at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) assessed the some of the consequences of a large-scale anthrax attack. Various visual scenarios examined psychological and economic impacts of hundreds of Seattle residents who participated in the study. Read More »