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Second of two blocked flu papers released

(Science News) A controversial research paper banned from publication in 2011 because it contained potentially dangerous information is now available for the world to see. The study, appearing in the June 22 Science, details experiments in which researchers in the Netherlands created a version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that can be passed through Read More »

June 22, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Bird Flu Paper Is Published After Debate

(New York Times) The more controversial of two papers describing how the lethal H5N1 bird flu could be made easier to spread was published Thursday, six months after a scientific advisory board suggested that the papers’ most potentially dangerous data be censored. The paper, by scientists at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, identified five Read More »

June 22, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Chem-Bio Surveillance System Under Development in India

(Global Security Newswire) A surveillance technology being developed in India is intended to provide advance alert of a biological or chemical strike, the New Indian Express reported on Thursday. The project at India’s Defense Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory would incorporate nano-size systems and is intended to aid in biological and chemical defense, according to V.K. Read More »

June 22, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Kansas and Missouri Senators Fight for Quick Progression of NBAF Site

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano urging her to move forward with important steps to ensure the swift construction of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF). “We urge you Read More »

June 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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New U.S. Organizations to Support Bioterrorism Medical Preparations

(Global Security Newswire) Several organizations launched in the United States on Monday are intended to harness government and independent resources in preparing and producing medical products for treating deliberate and natural disease outbreaks, the Health and Human Services Department said. The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing would supply the nation’s “first major Read More »