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US Army awards Gainesville firm $136M contract to fight bioterrorism

(BusinessJournal) The U.S. Army has awarded a Gainesville-area company a contract to make and develop treatments for bioterrorism and radiological threats to military personnel, according to a government contracts website. The company, Nanotherapeutics, plans to build a $150 million, 145,000-square-foot expansion and add as many as 150 new employees with an average salary of $90,000  Read More »

Pitting Viruses Against Bacteria Yields New Antibiotic for MRSA, Anthrax

(Healthline) Researchers say a treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacteria could be in the near future thanks to the evolution of viruses. Microbiologist Vincent Fischetti, head of Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, said the holy grail of antibiotics research has been to kill bacteria without its developing a resistance to treatment. Now, he and  Read More »

2014 Budget Request: NBAF

(FierceHomelandSecurity) The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kan., would receive $714 million under the fiscal 2014 budget proposal the Obama administration sent to Congress on April 10. The administration also calls on the state government of Kansas to provide an additional $202 million, which when combined with the fiscal 2014 request should be  Read More »

New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans

(EurekAlert) A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic. The collaborative study, conducted by a group led by Masato Tashiro of the Influenza Virus Research  Read More »

Currently Approved Drugs Found Active Against Bioterror Threats in Laboratory

(LabManagerMagazine) In the most extensive screen of its kind, Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientists have demonstrated the feasibility of repurposing already-approved drugs for use against highly pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The pathogens included emerging diseases and potential bioterror threats ranging from anthrax to the Marburg and Ebola viruses. In testing a library of 1,012 Food  Read More »

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