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Bacteria hijack host cell process, create their own food supply to become infectious

(EurekAlert) Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found. This bacterium, Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ap), secretes a protein that can start this process. The protein binds with another protein produced by white Read More »

November 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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Army Opens New Proteomics Core Lab for CBRNE Research

(Global Biodefense) The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) last month officially opened a new Proteomics Core Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The organizations collaborated to design a shared working space to meet expanding requirements for proteomics and genomics research at each institution. “Rather than duplicate Read More »

November 30, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Research
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Doomsday Microbes: Is Some Science Too Dangerous to Permit? – Huffington Post

Doomsday Microbes: Is Some Science Too Dangerous to Permit?Huffington PostWe may already have an example of a rogue biologist committing an act of bioterrorism in the FBI's conclusion that Bruce Ivins was the perpetrator of the deadly anthrax mailings to Democratic legislators. There has been a huge concern that Russia's …

November 29, 2012
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Dengue claims second victim in city this year – The News International

Dengue claims second victim in city this yearThe News InternationalA 20-year old woman has died at a local hospital due to dengue hemorrhagic fever. This brings the total number of deaths due to the viral disease in the city this year to two. Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell officials on Thursday said that the …and more »