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Bioterror fears could block crucial flu research

(New Scientist) “The benefits of publishing this work do not outweigh the dangers of showing others how to replicate it,” says Thomas Ingelsby of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, which has long warned of bioterror risks. …

Darpa: Do Away With Antibiotics, Then Destroy All Pathogens

(Wired – Danger Room) Last year, federal officials warned that Americans were on the verge of “a post-antibiotic era.” And that’s exactly what the Pentagon’s far-out research agency is after. As long as they’ve got a replacement at the ready, of course. In the military’s latest round of small business solicitations, Darpa is making a  Read More »

Need stressed for national biosafety framework

(DAWN.com) The conference titled “Building national biosafety and global ties” was the first international moot organised by the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA), a non-government organisation working to raise awareness about biosafety practices, …

Bird Flu Research Rattles Bioterrorism Field

(NPR blog) News of the results raised red flags for Dr. Thomas Inglesby, a bioterrorism expert and director of the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "It's just a bad idea for scientists to turn a lethal virus into a lethal and …

Leading biosecurity research centre in Geelong

(Sydney Morning Herald) Take a look through the world’s most advanced biosecurity research facility, opening at the CSIRO centre in Geelong. THE maximum security laboratory that is going to hold live samples of some of the world’s most deadly viruses opens in Australia today. …

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