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City gets high-tech research lab for testing of airborne diseases

(Hindustan Times) Last week, a laboratory – Biosafety Lab Level 3 – at the Haffkine Institute at Parel was certified by an independent agency, signaling the start of research work commissioned to understand organisms responsible for diseases such as swine flu, …

December 13, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Dangerous Results: Publish Or Not?

(Science 2.0) At the moment, the studies are being reviewed by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (or NSABB). The whole issue has led to some agreement that there needs to be a way to deal with issues such as these more appropriately. …

December 13, 2011
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Step forward in FMD understanding

(HealthCanal.com) Scientists have discovered a mechanism they believe may play a key role in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in animals. Researchers at the University of Leeds have been studying an enzyme – called 3D – which plays a vital role in the replication of …

December 12, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Agriculture, and Research
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Green Light for Boston Biolab?

(Scientist) After that, the agency says it will consider issuing the final approval for the lab to begin biosafety level-2 research, which involves “agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment,” according to the federal government’s …

December 9, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
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Researchers reveal SBP8a configurations

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A new study has shown previously unseen details of an anthrax bacteriophage — a virus that infects anthrax bacteria — revealing for the first time how it infects its host, and providing an initial blueprint for how the phage might someday be modified into a tool for the Read More »