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NIH Funds Provides $8.1M for Virus Countermeasure Research

(Global Security Newswire) An $8.1 million federal funding package is expected to aid in advancing two potential biological defense virus countermeasures toward testing in people, the University of Washington said on Tuesday. The Washington state-based biotechnology firm Kineta would also use the funding to investigate the drugs’ applications against rarer diseases including Ebola, Marburg, plague  Read More »

The Rise of DIY Scientists: Is It Time for Regulation?

(Washington Lawyer) Emerging science has long presented government with critical if problematic policy choices. In the early stages of most promising new research, it makes no sense to weigh scientists down with punishing regulations that could smother “the next big thing.” Yet if government isn’t actively monitoring the process, or if it delays implementing regulations  Read More »

Baltimore region to start bioterror drill Tuesday

(Maryland Community News Online) Residents of the greater Baltimore region might see local health officials preparing for a major bioterrorist event this week, but have no fear, it’s only a drill. An exercise planned for Tuesday and Wednesday will test the emergency readiness of local health departments by staging a hypothetical outbreak of anthrax and  Read More »

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Exercises …

(PRNewswire) 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 Pf?nex Expression Technology™ based production strain and  Read More »

Bird flu papers cause controversy

(The Telegram) Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the government’s blessing. The revision appears online in the journal Nature. It’s the near-conclusion to  Read More »

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