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Smallpox virus detected in 300-year-old Siberian mummy

(LA Times) Thanks to vaccination efforts, smallpox — killer of hundreds of millions people around the world over the course of the 20th century alone — was eradicated in 1979. But even today the lethal variola virus, which causes the disease, is not completely impossible to come by. A team of French and Russian researchers Read More »

November 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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USAMRIID issues RFI to improve information management

(BioPrepWatch) The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disease issued a formal request for information on Friday for a new laboratory information management system. The LIMS would help the institution to more effectively manage information generated by increasingly advanced scientific equipment. The USAMRIID identified critical capability shortfalls in how it manages high content data Read More »

November 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Medicago H5N1 vaccine successful in preclinical study – Vaccine News Daily (blog)

Vaccine News Daily (blog)Medicago H5N1 vaccine successful in preclinical studyVaccine News Daily (blog)Medicago, Inc., recently announced positive results from an independent preclinical study on the cross-protection effects of the company's H5N1 virus-like particle vaccine. The study was conducted under the Animal Models of Infectious Disease Program …Single vaccine dose may prevent a flu pandemic: researchOutcome Read More »

November 21, 2012
| Filed under Research
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Engineered bacteria can make the ultimate sacrifice

(Science Codex) Scientists have engineered bacteria that are capable of sacrificing themselves for the good of the bacterial population. These altruistically inclined bacteria, which are described online in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, can be used to demonstrate the conditions where programmed cell death becomes a distinct advantage for the survival of the bacterial population.

November 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biotechnology, and Research
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No risk from composting infected chickens

(ABC News) Biosecurity officials say there is no risk stemming from composting tens of thousands of chickens culled after a bird flu outbreak in the Hunter Valley. 50,000 hens have been destroyed after the H-7 strain of Avian Influenza was detected in hens on a farm near Maitland last week. The animals will be composted Read More »