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Experts discover how anthrax toxins disrupt cell mechanisms

Two groups of anthrax experts at the University of California San Diego recently discovered how two separate toxins from anthrax bacteria function to disrupt critical cell mechanisms during infection. One group examined anthrax in mice and human cells, while the other looked at how the deadly bioterrorism agent functioned in fruit flies. Together, they showed Read More »

October 14, 2010
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Federal biodefense lab site still in K-State hands

Federal biodefense lab site still in K-State handsKTKA.comBy AP Manhattan — Kansas State University has yet to hand over to the government the 45-acre site where a federal biodefense laboratory will be built. …and more »

October 13, 2010
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Kansas Bioscience Authority Looks at Funding for Federal Lab

Kansas Bioscience Authority looks at funding for federal labLawrence Journal World… to surface: How and when will Congress appropriate money for the federal biosecurity lab that is expected to be up and running by the end of the decade? …Group invests in state's businessesKansas State Collegianall 3 news articles »

October 12, 2010
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McCleary & Medish: Time To Take Biodefense Seriously

Washington TimesMCCLEARY & MEDISH: Time to take biodefense seriouslyWashington TimesJim Talent, Missouri Republican, gave the United States a failing grade on biodefense preparedness. The report also warned that a weapon-of-mass-destruction …

October 7, 2010
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Bill Would Establish Global Biosecurity Body

U.S. Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) last week introduced a bill aimed at establishing a new international body charged with bolstering global preparations for biological threats, the International Security and Biopolicy Institute announced (see GSN, June 11). The new “International Biosecurity Initiative” would seek to improve biological threat detection and response efforts in other countries through Read More »