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Promising treatment for bioterror weapon seen in primates

(Mass High Tech) Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: SRPT) in Washington and Cambridge has announced that a study of a treatment for a potential biological weapon called the Marburg virus in primates shows significant increases in survival rates when administered up to four days after infection. In a statement Thursday, Sarepta – which develops RNA-based therapeutics Read More »

July 19, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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Q&A: How real is the threat of a global pandemic involving H5N1 or a related virus?

(Reuters) How real is the threat of a global pandemic involving H5N1 or a related virus? Very real. Two studies published this year in Nature and Science highlight the pandemic potential of viruses possessing an H5 HA, and it appears to be much easier than previously thought. The continued evolution of H5N1 viruses reinforces the Read More »

July 19, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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Novel anti-malarial drug target identified

(EurekAlert!) An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the first reported inhibitors of a key enzyme involved in survival of the parasite responsible for malaria. Their findings, which may provide the basis for anti-malarial drug development, are Read More »

July 19, 2012
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Belgian scientists develop way to detect superparasites

(Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp) Belgian scientists of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, made a breakthrough in bridging high tech molecular biology research on microbial pathogens and the needs of the poorest of the poor. After sequencing the complete genome of Leishmania donovani (a parasite causing one of the most important tropical Read More »

July 19, 2012
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US Blockade Prevents Cuba from Fully Implementing Biological Weapons … – Cuba News

Cuba NewsUS Blockade Prevents Cuba from Fully Implementing Biological Weapons …Cuba NewsUS Blockade Prevents Cuba from Fully Implementing Biological Weapons Convention HAVANA, Cuba, July 18 (ACN) The over-50 year US economic, financial, political and commercial blockade of Cuba is the main obstacle for the island to fully implement …and more »