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Bacteria designed for sleuthing

HOMELAND SECURITY NEWSWIRE — Seven Cambridge University undergraduates spent the summer of 2009 genetically engineering bacteria to secrete a variety of colored pigments, visible to the naked eye; they designed standardized sequences of DNA, known as BioBricks, and inserted them into E. coli bacteria — so the bacteria can now change its color to red, Read More »

June 7, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Research
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Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis

INTERFACE Journal by The Royal Society — Emerging zoonoses threaten global health, yet the processes by which they emerge are complex and poorly understood. Nipah virus (NiV) is an important threat owing to its broad host and geographical range, high case fatality, potential for human-to-human transmission and lack of effective prevention or therapies. Here, we Read More »

June 3, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agriculture, and Research
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New Global Bio Lab under way

DAILY BRUIN (UCLA) — With the re-emergence of diseases like malaria and tuberculosis in the United States, the threat of disease outbreaks remains an ever-present concern. Hoping to improve responses to such epidemics, UCLA has introduced a new Global Bio Lab, which is currently under construction on campus. The lab is currently preparing to analyze Read More »

June 2, 2011
| Filed under North America and Research
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UCLA Unveils New Laboratory to Fight Bioterrorism

ABC7 Los Angeles — We could be kept safer from disease and bio-terrorism by a one-of-a kind bio-laboratory unveiled Friday at the University of California, Los Angeles. The multi-million dollar lab has been in the making for a long time and can quickly detect disease to keep it from spreading. “It’s been 10 years,” said Read More »

June 1, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Research
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Texas A&M seeks new biosecurity center

The Texas A&M University System is among several entities looking to set up a National Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing that will focus on biosecurity measures, possibly in tandem with several Houston-area medical centers. The center will develop medical countermeasures and ensure domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity for emerging infectious diseases, pandemic influenza Read More »