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Update: RNAi Based Treatments for Ebola

PMO Backbone Structure (Credit: AVI BioPharma)Another RNAi based treatment for Ebola has been developed. Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) found that >60% of monkeys given a lethal dose of Zaire Ebola virus survived after treatment with AVI-6002, a targeted, positively charged, anti-sense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMO) developed by Read More »

August 23, 2010
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HHS: US needs $200M biodefense fund – FierceBiotech

TopNews Arab EmiratesHHS: US needs $200M biodefense fundFierceBiotechA new report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services calls for the formation of a $200 million bioterrorism and pandemic defense fund. …HHS sees greater federal role in building biodefense toolsCIDRAPFeds aim to fortify biodefense by fixing product development pipelineFierceHealthcareBIO applauds release of HHS Public Read More »

August 20, 2010
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HHS sees greater federal role in building biodefense tools – CIDRAP

TopNews Arab EmiratesHHS sees greater federal role in building biodefense toolsCIDRAPAug 19, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Federal health officials, in releasing today a blueprint for overhauling the nation's civilian biodefense program, …HHS: US needs $200M biodefense fundFierceBiotechFeds aim to fortify biodefense by fixing product development pipelineFierceHealthcareBIO applauds release of HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Read More »

August 20, 2010
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CIA Opens Counterproliferation Center

WASHINGTON — The CIA yesterday announced the creation of a counterproliferation center, which will lead the agency’s efforts to detect and prevent the spread of dangerous weapons and technology (see GSN, Sept. 17, 2008). (Aug. 19) – CIA Director Leon Panetta, shown last year, suggested his agency’s new counterproliferation center would help officials collaborate in Read More »

August 19, 2010
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Mock Toxins to be Studied Further in Boston Subway System

The U.S. Homeland Security Department was set Friday to begin an eight-day study involving the release of harmless gases and particle tracers in Boston’s subway system, the second such project to be conducted on the system in less than a year (see GSN, Dec. 3, 2009). The agency said the research effort, aimed at examining Read More »