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Bioterrorism remains real threat a decade after Anthrax attacks, expert says – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com

The Star-Ledger – NJ.comBioterrorism remains real threat a decade after Anthrax attacks, expert saysThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comDr. Leonard Cole, an adjunct professor of emergency medicine at UMDNJ who wrote a book on the 2002 anthrax attacks originating in New Jersey, will summarize findings of an Aspen Institute study he led. Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger. Even though Read More »

November 15, 2012
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US high security bio lab faces uncertain future

(BBC News) The National Bio and Agro defence facility (NBAF) would be the first US lab able to research diseases like foot and mouth in large animals. But reviews have raised worries about virus escapes in the middle of cattle country. And rising costs have cast doubts over the project’s future. For over 50 years Read More »

November 15, 2012
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Nuclear and Chem-Bio Weapons Prohibition – IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters

Nuclear and Chem-Bio Weapons ProhibitionIDN InDepthNews | Analysis That MattersEnvisioning, then, a world on the cusp of banning nuclear weapons, such a world almost certainly would also be geared to renunciation of much-reviled chemical and biological weapons. If, instead, formal renunciation of chem-bio weapons is not a …and more »

November 13, 2012
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Cornell’s New Test Spots Salmonella in Cattle

(Food Safety News) Veterinarians may now test for a certain Salmonella strain affecting cattle populations in the United States thanks to a test developed by researchers at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the Ithaca Journal reports. The new test tracks antibodies in cattle to help identify asymptomatic carriers of Salmonella Dublin, a strain that Read More »

November 13, 2012
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$3 million awarded to find biomarkers for potential test of cure for chagas disease

(EurekAlert) Today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announces a new $3 million Strategic Translation Award from the Wellcome Trust to identify new biological markers for the evaluation of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease, a potentially fatal neglected tropical Read More »