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Biosecurity Expert Fears a Nanoparticle Attack

(National Defense Magazine) Microscopic bits of metal that float in the air in the aftermath of a terrorist attack could become a threat to national security, said an Italian pathologist. “Nanoparticles are physical pathogens that could be used for a new, cheap form of terrorism,” Antonietta Gatti, a researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology’s Read More »

July 13, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Research
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BWC Review Conference Could Revive Verification Debate, Chairman Says

WASHINGTON — There is growing sentiment among involved nations that the upcoming review conference for the Biological Weapons Convention should reopen the debate on the historically controversial issue of creating an international verification regime for the pact, according to the meeting’s chairman (see GSN, July 1). (Jul. 7) – Pakistani Ambassador Masood Khan, center, delivers Read More »

July 7, 2011
| Filed under Research
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Scientists Help Unravel How Deadly Ebola Virus Works

(Infection Control Today) Molecular and cell biologists at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered new information about how the Ebola virus works that could eventually lead to new drug treatments for the deadly virus. No known cure exists for the Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever and can be fatal in up to Read More »

July 6, 2011
| Filed under North America and Research
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UPMC shelves Hazelwood vaccine factory plan

(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) UPMC is halting its plans to build a vaccine factory in Hazelwood, a hospital spokeswoman said this morning. The long-proposed factory, high-profile project was expected to produce vaccines to counter biological warfare agents such as smallpox. UPMC officials said their strategy differs from that of the federal government, which would have paid for Read More »

July 6, 2011
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Novel Vaccine for Strain of Foot-And-Mouth Disease

ScienceDaily- One of the most economically devastating diseases in the world for those who raise cows, sheep, pigs, goats, deer and other cloven-hoofed animals is foot and mouth Disease (FMD). This incredibly contagious and fast-spreading disease causes fever, blisters on the feet and mouth (hence the name), loss of appetite, drooling, and lameness. Most herds Read More »