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Citizen Science Takes Off: Could Community Labs Hatch the Next Generation of …

(Forbes) Publications from USA Today to Nature have heralded the global rise of “biohacker” activities that include personal genome investigations, synthetic biology experimentation, and reverse-engineered research tools. AP journalist Marcus Wohlsen is one of …

India Develops Anthrax Detection Tech

(Global Security Newswire) India’s Defense Food Research Laboratory has developed technology that can identify anthrax spores in sample material in as little as two hours, the New Indian Express reported on Saturday The “Anthra-check Sand-E kit” proved capable of detecting the bacteria in roughly two hours in laboratory materials and in about 12 hours in  Read More »

Army Lab Left Anthrax Widely Reachable Prior to Mailings

(Global Security Newswire) Protective measures in place at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in 2001 would not have prevented any staffer or short-term employee from leaving the facility with enough anthrax bacteria to cultivate the spores used to …

Secret Reports: With Security Spotty, Many Had Access to Anthrax

(ProPublica) A sign on the door of a Biosafety Level-4 laboratory at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Md. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo) by Greg Gordon, McClatchy, and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica Oct. 24, 2011, …

Immunocompetence of FMD-infected cattle

(Dairy Herd Management) BioMed Central has available a new paper on the immunocompetence of cattle infected with foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV). Research by Windsor, et al, showed that infection of cattle with foot-and-mouth disease virus results in the development of …

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