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Anthrax, Monkeypox Involved in Army Lab Mishaps
Two of the eight cases last year of possible contact with dangerous biological agents at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md., involved anthrax bacteria and the monkeypox virus, the Frederick News-Post reported. "Neither incident resulted in a laboratory-acquired infection or a release of agent outside of" the biodefense Read More »
- April 5, 2013
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Anthrax, Monkeypox Involved in Army Lab Mishaps
Two of the eight cases last year of possible contact with dangerous biological agents at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md., involved anthrax bacteria and the monkeypox virus, the Frederick News-Post reported. "Neither incident resulted in a laboratory-acquired infection or a release of agent outside of" the biodefense Read More »
- April 5, 2013
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NIH scientists, grantees map possible path to an HIV vaccine
(EurekAlert) In an advance for HIV vaccine research, scientists have for the first time determined how both the virus and a resulting strong antibody response co-evolved in one HIV-infected individual. The findings could help researchers identify which proteins to use in investigational vaccines to induce antibodies capable of preventing infection from an array of HIV Read More »
- April 4, 2013
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Hepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from infected cells
Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types – those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or Read More »
- April 4, 2013
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Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other
(Umea University) A new study which was performed jointly at Umeå University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane. This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight Read More »
- April 4, 2013
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