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No water-borne diseases detected in flooded areas

(New Straits Times) Despite this, the people must be vigilant against infectious diseases like hand, foot and mouth disease, typhoid fever, dengue fever, leptospirosis and skin diseases,” he told reporters after opening Bandar Botanic health clinic in Bukit Tinggi near here today. Liow said 31 health teams 28 medical teams have provided services in the Read More »

November 8, 2012
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The Use of New Replikins Synthetic Vaccines to Prevent Pandemics

(The Sacramento Bee) In the lead paper to be presented at the Influenza Congress USA in Washington DC on November 12, 2012, Dr. Samuel Bogoch of Bioradar UK Ltd. will discuss how new synthetic Replikin vaccines may prevent the development of influenza virus outbreaks and pandemics. Pandemic prevention, not previously possible, is being considered for Read More »

November 7, 2012
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Birds provide new vector for hemorrhagic fever – Science a Gogo

Science a GogoBirds provide new vector for hemorrhagic feverScience a GogoFor the first time, scientists have found ticks infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever on migratory birds that fly between Africa and Europe. The Swedish researchers who made the discovery say the ticks could be the source of contagion behind …

November 6, 2012
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Study reports faster, more economical method for detecting bioterror threats

(Phys) The new process screens for pairs of affinity reagents – molecular magnets that bind to and hold on to their targets, be they toxins, viruses or bacteria. That will enable countermeasures to be selected and utilized much faster than the current practice. “Using crude extracts from E. coli, the workhorse bacterium of the biotechnology Read More »

November 6, 2012
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Study IDs Better Way to Detect Bioterror Threats – Laboratory Equipment

Study IDs Better Way to Detect Bioterror ThreatsLaboratory EquipmentHayhurst initially developed the pipeline using llama antibodies as the affinity reagents to botulinum neurotoxins, known as the world's most poisonous poisons – 100 billion times more toxic than cyanide and handled in a specialized biosafety cabinet …and more »