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Lab chemicals removed from Texas campus

(Nature.com) Jasheway’s research was part of the lab’s federally funded work to develop an antidote for ricin, a highly toxic protein found in the castor oil plant Ricinus communis and a potential bioterror agent. Jasheway’s work involved using a non-toxic …

Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health Research

(PLoS Blogs) After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of H5N1 bird flu virus mutants that can pass between mammals. The decision was made with the caveat of delaying publication, in part to settle the anxieties of the public over the  Read More »

Killer silk: Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes

(Canada Free Press) A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria — even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax — in minutes, scientists are reporting in the journal ACS Applied …

The Societal Impacts of Synthetic Biology

(Synthetic Biology Project) A new online survey seeks public opinion about the most pressing ethical, legal, and social implications of synthetic biology. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is soliciting public opinion on the most critical ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) for synthetic biology in a new online survey, which will provide guidance  Read More »

No sign of missed H5N1 cases in Bangladesh study

(CIDRAP News) No signs of H5N1 avian influenza infections were found in more than 400 Bangladeshis who were probably exposed to the virus while working on poultry farms and in markets, according to a study reported in preliminary form …

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