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Minister visits Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright

(Farming UK) President of the National Farmers Union, said “We are delighted with the investment at Pirbright, which will allow the Institute for Animal Health to build on its world-leading work on combating animal diseases like bird flu and foot and mouth, …

December 5, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Op-Ed — The International Federation of Biosafety Associations: A Stakeholder in the BTWC

The International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA) is a global community of research scientists, biosafety professionals, laboratory personnel, NGOs, academics and policy makers from around the world who recognize that biosafety and biosecurity are important elements within the framework of biological non-proliferation and strengthening global security. The IFBA’s mission statement (“safe, secure and responsible work Read More »

December 5, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biosafety, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Ricin: Scientists deal a blow to terrorism as they close in on antidote …

(Daily Mail) An antidote to ricin – one of the world’s deadliest poisons – could be developed after scientists discovered a key gene which provides immunity. Ricin has been used in bioweapons by terrorist groups such as al Qaeda and was used to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, who was stabbed in the ankle with Read More »

December 2, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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Dealing with advances in science at the Seventh BTWC Review Conference

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Ahead of the Seventh Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) Review Conference, which will be held December 5-22 in Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations published 26 advance papers produced by state parties to inspire serious and spirited discussion for the event — and at least six of these papers focused Read More »

December 2, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Biosecurity Board Assessing Studies on Altered Bird Flu Virus

(GSN Daily News) A U.S. biosecurity panel is assessing whether two separate studies that altered the avian flu virus should be published given concerns that such information could be abused by terrorists to create a biological weapon, the Science Insider reported last week. Dutch molecular virology scientist Ron Fouchier submitted to the U.S. journal Science Read More »