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Trading spaces: Biosecurity Research Institute to house Plum Island’s pathogen …

(EurekAlert!) Instead much of it will transition to Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute at Pat Robert’s Hall before eventually transitioning to NBAF. Stephen Higgs, research director at the Biosecurity Research Institute, or BRI, …

January 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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NIAID Awards $9.4M for Anthrax Vaccine Project

(Global Security Newswire) A New Jersey firm has won $9.4 million in federal funding for work on a new anthrax vaccine in conjunction with Harvard University, the Times of Trenton reported on Tuesday. The funds, provided by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, would support efforts by the biopharmaceutical company Soligenix to Read More »

January 5, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Using microbes to fight microbes

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) There are more microorganisms in and on our bodies than human cells. In fact, scientists estimate that microorganisms outnumber human cells by 10 to 1. These microbes cover our skin, nose, mouth, and gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. Called the “human microbiome,” scientists are investigating the relationship between these microbes and Read More »

January 5, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Science and Security Clash on Bird-Flu Papers

(Chronicle of Higher Education) Even within the board, the episode has brought to the surface worries that existing biosafety committees at academic institutions are not qualified to evaluate this kind of risk, and that the work is not being sufficiently evaluated until it nears …

January 5, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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BUSM researchers identify novel compound to halt virus replication

(Boston University Medical Center) A team of scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel compound that inhibits viruses from replicating. The findings, which are published online in the Journal of Virology, could lead to the development of highly targeted compounds to block the replication of poxviruses, such as the emerging Read More »