Recent News

By Category: Research

Research on anthrax vaccine on to counteract threat of bioterrorism

(Domain-B) Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast are aiming to help counteract the threat of bioterrorism by undertaking new research to develop a vaccine against anthrax. Dr Rebecca Ingram from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s is working with scientists from Cardiff University, the Republic of Georgia, Turkey and the USA in Read More »

November 12, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, International, and Research
Share

Sask. firm’s documentary on biological warfare to be seen worldwide – Regina Leader-Post

Sask. firm's documentary on biological warfare to be seen worldwideRegina Leader-Post"The problem is, because it's so difficult to do anything effective about it, there's not a lot of talk about it," he said, adding that in recent years several stories of homemade biological weapons have emerged. Biological warfare has existed for …and more »

November 9, 2012
| Filed under Research
Share

RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine reduces malaria by approximately one-third in African infants

(Burness Communications) Results from a pivotal, large-scale Phase III trial, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate can help protect African infants against malaria. When compared to immunization with a control vaccine, infants (aged 6-12 weeks at first vaccination) vaccinated with RTS,S had one-third fewer Read More »

November 9, 2012
| Filed under Research
Share

When parasites catch viruses

(EurekAlert) When humans have parasites, the organisms live in our bodies, co-opt our resources and cause disease. However, it turns out that parasites themselves can have their own co-habitants. Researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University have found that the pathogenicity of the sexually transmitted protozoan parasite Trichomonas Read More »

November 8, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
Share

Deadly Ebola & Lassa Viruses May Be More Common Than Thought – Yahoo! News (blog)

Deadly Ebola & Lassa Viruses May Be More Common Than ThoughtYahoo! News (blog)Contrary to popular perception, the hemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola and Lassa, can cause general, flulike symptoms — fever, sore throat, cough — particularly during early onset. This can make them easily confused with other common diseases in …and more »