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The Rise of DIY Scientists: Is It Time for Regulation?

(Washington Lawyer) Emerging science has long presented government with critical if problematic policy choices. In the early stages of most promising new research, it makes no sense to weigh scientists down with punishing regulations that could smother “the next big thing.” Yet if government isn’t actively monitoring the process, or if it delays implementing regulations  Read More »

UM Researchers Identify Potential Target for Anthrax Drug

(eNews Park Forest) Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified new targets for drugs that could potentially treat anthrax, the deadly infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. The team, led by David Sherman, a faculty member at the U-M Life Sciences Institute and a professor in the departments of medicinal chemistry, chemistry, and microbiology and  Read More »

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Exercises …

(PRNewswire) Pfenex Inc. today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has exercised its option associated with the existing Pfenex contractual relationship begun in July, 2010. This extends the contract supporting the development of a robust Pf?nex Expression Technology™ based production strain and  Read More »

H1N1 discovery paves way for universal flu vaccine: UBC research

(EurekAlert!) University of British Columbia researchers have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations. Each year, seasonal influenza causes serious illnesses in three to five million people and 200,000 to 500,000 deaths. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic killed more than 14,000 people worldwide. Meanwhile, public health  Read More »

Bird flu papers cause controversy

(The Telegram) Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the government’s blessing. The revision appears online in the journal Nature. It’s the near-conclusion to  Read More »

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