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Pharmathene Announces Publication of Phase I Study Results for Anthrax Antibody

(Sacramento Bee) The American Society for Microbiology peer-reviewed journal describes clinical data supporting the potential use of Valortim ® , a fully human monoclonal antibody, as both a post-exposure prophylaxis and therapeutic treatment for anthrax infection. …

US warns of bioweapon threat from gene assembly

(The Associated Press) The US government has cited efforts by terror groups like al-Qaeda to develop biological weapons as a national security concern. Clinton spoke Wednesday at meeting in Geneva aimed at reviewing the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention.

Defensive measures: Toward a vaccine for Ebola

(Arizona State University) Charles Arntzen, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, along with colleagues from ASU, the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, have made progress toward a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus.

Russia Urges Verification Powers be Added to Bioweapons Treaty Regime

Russia would like to see a mandatory verification system established for the Biological Weapons Convention to ensure that member nations are abiding by their obligations not to develop or store disease materials for offensive purposes, ITAR-Tass reported on Wednesday (see GSN, Dec. 7). Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said a verification protocol was needed as  Read More »

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(Business Standard) The team, composed of second-year art and design students, won the Best Human Practice prize, for postulating rules by which engineers can achieve maximal output with proper social responsibility. The project was titled “Searching for the Ubiquitous Genetically Engineered Machines”. The team asked this question: a century in the future, today’s synthetic biology  Read More »

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