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Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development
(ScienceDaily) Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens and now Kathryn Sykes and Stephen Johnston, researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, along with co-author Michael McGuire from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are using clever functional screening methods to attempt to speed new vaccines into production that are both Read More »
- May 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility gets $75 million in budget
(Lawrence Journal World) Funding for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to be built in Manhattan overcame one hurdle Wednesday as $75 million in construction funding was included in a proposed budget from within the House of Representatives. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security released its fiscal year 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations bill Wednesday, Read More »
- May 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Researcher death highlights dangers of pathogen work
(New Scientist) A researcher in the US has died of a disease caused by the bacteria he was studying. The tragedy highlights the dangers of research on human respiratory germs. Research on airborne mutants of H5N1 bird flu is currently under an indefinite moratorium, partly over fears of just such laboratory infections. Richard Din was Read More »
- May 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
Navy Seeks Advanced Diagnostics for Field-Based Biosurveillance
(Global Biodefense) The Naval Research Laboratory has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for advanced technology development of mature in vitro diagnostic devices that are amenable to military hardening and integration with communication capabilities to support the biosurveillance needs of the US military.
- May 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
NIH Funds Provides $8.1M for Virus Countermeasure Research
(Global Security Newswire) An $8.1 million federal funding package is expected to aid in advancing two potential biological defense virus countermeasures toward testing in people, the University of Washington said on Tuesday. The Washington state-based biotechnology firm Kineta would also use the funding to investigate the drugs’ applications against rarer diseases including Ebola, Marburg, plague Read More »
- May 10, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research