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An end to hand, foot and mouth disease?

(GoKunming) Scientists in Yunnan have produced what they hope will be the world’s first hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) vaccine. If cleared for production, the serum would also be the first ever vaccination developed in the province, Yunnan Net is reporting. Researchers at the Kunming branch of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) Read More »

March 13, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Countermeasures, and Research
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U.S. Intel Chief Warns of Syrian Bioweapons Threat

By Chris Schneidmiller Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON – The Syrian government might have a restricted capacity to manufacture weaponized disease agents for use against its enemies, U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper said on Tuesday. “Based on the duration of Syria’s longstanding biological warfare program, we judge that some elements of the program may have Read More »

March 13, 2013
| Filed under Research
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India Completes First Biodefense Level 4 Lab

(GlobalBiodefense) Officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research last week announced completion of the nation’s first Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL 4) high containment laboratory. The new biodefense lab is located on the main campus of the Microbial Containment Complex at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. The complex had already been operating Read More »

March 12, 2013
| Filed under South Asia, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Southeast Asia hot spot for ‘microbe hunters’

(TheAsahiShimbun) Toward the end of November on Vietnam’s Con Dao Islands in the South China Sea, a line of 10 people hiked along a mountain trail hidden under a canopy of lush greenery. These were Japanese and Vietnamese “microbe hunters” in search of new species that could prove beneficial in the development of pharmaceuticals and Read More »

March 11, 2013
| Filed under South Asia and Research
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NIGERIA: President Goodluck Jonathan should sign Biosafety Bill – Prof Ishiyaku – Codewit Global Network

NIGERIA: President Goodluck Jonathan should sign Biosafety Bill – Prof IshiyakuCodewit Global NetworkPresident Goodluck JonathanProf. Muhammad Faguji Ishiyaku is the Dean of Student Affairs of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Programme Leader of Biotechnology Research Programme of the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) of the University.and more »