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NIH rejects charge it slanted the H5N1 agenda for NSABB

(CIDRAP News) In a lengthy letter, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official has rejected recent charges that the agency planned a biased meeting agenda in an effort to induce the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) to act as it did in voting for full publication of two much-debated studies on H5N1 virus Read More »

May 7, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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NIH responds to criticism over handling of flu papers

(Nature.com) The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released a response to a sharply worded internal criticism about the handling of two controversial H5N1 avian influenza papers, one of which was published in Nature yesterday. The criticism came from Michael Osterholm, a public-health researcher and member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity Read More »

May 7, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Indian University Prepares Anthrax-Fighting Vaccine, Antibodies

(Global Security Newswire) Biological technology specialists at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India are at work on a vaccine and antibodies to prevent or overcome infection by anthrax bacteria, the Times of India reported on Wednesday. Antibodies developed at the institution’s Biotechnology School have been shown to function as intended in animal trials; work on producing Read More »

May 7, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Countermeasures, and Research
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Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer

(Discover Magazine) Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a very important part of a very special flu virus. It may look like an ordinary protein, but in fact it’s been at the center of a blazing debate about whether our increasing power to experiment on life could lead to a disaster. Not that long ago, Read More »

May 4, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Trial of Boston Bioscanners to Use Live Bacteria

(Global Security Newswire) Authorities intend to disperse active bacteria into Boston subway passageways in a mid-2012 assessment of scanners designed to spot such biological material, My Fox Boston reported on Tuesday. Multiple train stops overseen by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority have already received the scanners deployed to provide warning of a potential biological terror strike.