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Vaccine prototype stronger than traditional vaccines

(ScienceDaily) Researchers have created a vaccine that is more potent than traditional vaccines available today. The glycoconjugate vaccine prototype is 100 times more effective than traditional glycoconjugate vaccines. A glycoconjugate vaccine is composed of covalently bound carbohydrate and protein molecules, and is the standard design for many vaccines used to protect against common diseases such Read More »

November 29, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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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. …

November 29, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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‘Left-handed iron corkscrews’ point the way to new weapon in battle against superbugs like MRSA

(University of Warwick) Scientists at the University of Warwick have taken inspiration from corkscrew structures found in nature to develop a new weapon in the fight against infections like E-coli and MRSA. Researchers have created a new synthetic class of helix-shaped molecules which they believe could be a key tool in the worldwide battle against Read More »

November 29, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Federal review of $433-million contract for smallpox drug requested

(Los Angeles Times) A Senate subcommittee chairwoman is calling for a federal review of the Obama administration’s award of a $433-million sole-source contract for an experimental smallpox drug. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), in a news release issued Wednesday by her subcommittee, said that she has asked the inspector general of the Department of Health and Read More »

November 25, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Portland Updates Bioterrorism Response Plan

(GSN Daily News)Authorities in Portland, Ore., have adopted a blueprint for delivering medical treatments directly to locals in a bioterrorism incident, Emergency Management reported on Friday (see GSN, Feb. 12, 2009). The city would previously have asked individuals to retrieve such drugs from a central location, but specialists said that plan might have limited the Read More »