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Canada kept detection of salmon virus secret

(Vancouver Sun) The virus is considered so dangerous that, if its presence is confirmed, Canada is obligated to report it to the World Organization for Animal Health, just as it would foot-and-mouth disease or bird flu. Such a report would be a devastating blow to …

Story Of The Year Goes Largely Unnoticed

(Huffington Post) I happen to be one very minor casualty of the eventually victorious war on smallpox. When I was vaccinated as a child, something uncharacteristically went wrong and I ended up contracting, for a short while, a mild form of cowpox. …

Industry irked pork imports kept secret

(Sydney Morning Herald) PORK products were smuggled into Australia from South Korea at the same time it was battling its biggest outbreak of foot and mouth disease. The biosecurity scare took place last year when the pork was intercepted by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. It infuriated the pig and beef industries, which claim  Read More »

Municipality reviews bans – Russian birds, eggs OK

(Arab Times Kuwait English Daily) He noted the quarterly import of meat from Bangladesh has also been suspended to prevent foot and mouth disease. He explained the committee is active and plans on recommending to retain the ban on import of birds from the GCC countries until Public …

The iGEM Competition: Synthetic Biologists and Molecular Animation

(Scientific American) The competition heralds itself as the premiere undergraduate synthetic biology competition. Teams are given a kit of biological parts from the registry of standard biological parts, and they use these precursors along with new parts of their own design …

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