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Billions to Stem an Unlikely Bioterror Attack

(The Fiscal Times) Tens of billions of dollars have been poured into basic science and applied research to develop vaccines and drugs to combat diseases like anthrax, smallpox (a disease that no longer occurs naturally on earth), botulism and plague.

March 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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A Decade in Biosecurity

(Biosecurity and Bioterrorism) Special feature of the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrorism now available. Open access to the articles in this feature is available until April 12, 2012. These peer-reviewed articles, authored by leaders in the field, describe the current state of affairs in biosecurity policy and practice, identify remaining challenges, and articulate priorities for the Read More »

March 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Dual use education in neuroscience

(The Royal Society – Blog) Dealing with the challenge of the hostile exploitation of neurobiology, as with a number of developments in the life sciences and chemistry, is going to require a range of activities at different levels; one aspect of which involves building awareness of the concerns of the security community amongst those at Read More »

March 30, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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H5N1 surveillance: Shift expertise to where it matters

(Nature.com) Tools and training for responding to diseases such as avian flu must relocate to countries where infections are most likely to emerge, says Jeremy Farrar. Every day on my way to the hospital, I pass streets lined with poultry. The birds disappeared a few years ago, but have gradually returned. This would be of Read More »

March 29, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agriculture, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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H5N1: How to track a flu virus

(Nature.com) Four experts pinpoint ways to improve monitoring of H5N1 avian influenza in the field. The H5N1 influenza outbreak in Asia is unprecedented: never before has a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus prevailed for so long, spread to so many countries or generated so many genetic variants. Why? Partly because of its persistence in …