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Biodiversity meeting calls for more science-based information

(SciDev) An international meeting on biodiversity has called for more science-based information, the closure of knowledge gaps, and increased precaution, in the emerging fields of synthetic biology and geoengineering (climate engineering). Two decisions related to these areas, among a set of 34 decisions adopted at the 11th Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the Convention Read More »

October 23, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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HHS Rules Out Funding Approach for Developing Biodefense Medicines

(Global Security Newswire) A blueprint aimed at helping to finance the development of new medicines for use against biological-weapon agents has failed to pass muster within the Obama administration, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. The recommendation — put forward in 2011 by Maryland-based PharmAthene and other biological defense enterprises — calls for Washington to end use Read More »

October 23, 2012
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After Three-Week Delay, FDA Begins Food Facility Registration – Food Safety News

Food Safety NewsAfter Three-Week Delay, FDA Begins Food Facility RegistrationFood Safety NewsAccording to the updated guidance, FDA believes that facility registration will help make for a “quick, accurate, and focused response” to bioterrorism or other food-related emergencies. The agency gives one example of how this registration system can …FSMA Registration Renewals in Full SwingWholeFoods MagazineFood Read More »

October 23, 2012
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HHS Rules Out Funding Approach for Developing Biodefense Medicines

A blueprint aimed at helping to finance the development of new medicines for use against biological-weapon agents has failed to pass muster within the Obama administration, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. The recommendation — put forward in 2011 by Maryland-based PharmAthene and other biological defense enterprises — calls for Washington to end use of its existing Read More »

October 22, 2012
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To lurk in soil, anthrax spawn in amoeba

(Futurity) Until now, experts have widely believed that anthrax spores remain dormant in soil until eaten by cattle, then germinate and cause the deadly disease. But researchers have found that the spores can attack, and reproduce in, a common soil and water amoeba, Acanthamoeba castellanii. “These amoeba normally eat bacteria and kill them, but Bacillus Read More »