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G-8 Diplomats Endorse Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference – Global Security Newswire

Global Security NewswireG-8 Diplomats Endorse Biological Weapons Convention Review ConferenceGlobal Security NewswireWASHINGTON — Representatives from the world's leading industrial powers on Tuesday urged participants at this year's Biological Weapons Convention review conference to examine ways to bolster the nonproliferation regime (see GSN, …

March 16, 2011
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BSL-3 lab opposed, norovirus vaccine tested

A watchdog group on Mar 11 appealed a court ruling that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., can study deadly pathogens such as those that cause anthrax and plague. The group, Tri-Valley CAREs, filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging a September ruling of the US District Court in Oakland Read More »

March 16, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Research
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New vaccine candidate shows strong potential to prevent highly contagious norovirus

Scientists have found that an experimental vaccine against human norovirus — the bug behind 90 percent of highly contagious nonbacterial illnesses causing diarrhea and vomiting — generates a strong immune response in mice without causing the animals any harm. Using a novel viral vector-based method to grow and deliver the vaccine that has shown promise Read More »

March 16, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Research
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Anthrax in 2001 Letters Was Traced to Maryland by Genetic Mutations

The 2001 anthrax letter attacks panicked the nation. Ten years later, researchers are finally able to discuss how they identified the origins of the deadly bacteria, which they were able to trace to an Army research lab in Maryland.

March 15, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Research
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What Congress Should Ask Petraeus

Congress’ favorite man in uniform, Gen. David Petraeus, returns to the Hill Tuesday morning for the first time since becoming the Afghanistan war’s commander in July. Over the next two days, you’ll hear him explain why his counterinsurgency strategy is making progress — or “arresting Taliban momentum,” as the phrase goes — however tenuous those Read More »