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Neither Human Health nor Food Safety Were Ever At Risk in 4th Mad Cow

(Food Safety News) An April-to-August investigation has closed the book on the fourth case of Mad Cow Disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in the United States. The California Holstein discovered last April was an isolated incident, poising no threat what-so-ever to the U.S. cattle herd or food safety.  The three month investigation ended in the same  Read More »

3 more ‘foot-and-mouth disease’ cases monitored – Sun.Star

3 more 'foot-and-mouth disease' cases monitoredSun.StarKIDAPAWAN CITY — Three more cases of suspected foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were monitored by personnel of the Rural Health Unit (RHU) in M'lang town, North Cotabato. Dr. Glicerio Sotea, head of M'lang RHU, said the patients were children aged …

Firm Receives $50 Million for Further Anthrax Antitoxin Trials

(Global Security Newswire) Elusys Therapeutics indicated it would receive $50 million in additional support from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department for late-stage preparation of a treatment intended to prevent and counteract inhalation anthrax infections, United Press International reported on Friday. The New Jersey biopharmaceutical firm to date had received $143 million under a half-decade contract  Read More »

DARPA Awards $3.8 Million Contract to CytoSorbents Corporation

(Market Watch) CytoSorbents Corporation, a pioneer in the use of blood purification to treat life-threatening illnesses such as sepsis, trauma, burn injury, lung injury and pancreatitis, announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has awarded the Company a technology development contract worth up to $3.8 million as part of its Dialysis-Like Therapeutics (DLT)  Read More »

Synthetic Biology Expands Beyond Bacteria

(GEN) Synthetic biology is getting a boost. So far, most researchers have designed their synthetic circuits using transcription factors found in bacteria. However, these don’t always translate well to nonbacterial cells and can be a challenge to scale. Now, researchers have come up with a new method to design transcription factors for nonbacterial cells—specifically yeast. Their initial  Read More »

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