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Cleverly designed vaccine blocks H5 avian influenza in animal models

(ScienceDaily) Until now most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. It is also effective against the H9 subtype of avian influenza. The research is published online ahead of print in  Read More »

Botulism Antitoxin Wins FDA Approval

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has licensed the first drug for counteracting every form of a paralytic, food-borne toxin long feared as an attractive tool to would-be bioterrorists. Botulinum toxin comes from a common form of bacteria and results in around 100 U.S. hospitalizations each year through tainted food and localized infections, according  Read More »

Certain bacteria suppress production of toxic shock toxin: Probiotic potential looms

(EurekAlert) Certain Streptococci increase their production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels, when aerobic bacteria are present in the vagina. But scientists from the University of Western Ontario have discovered certain strains of lactobacillus bacteria are capable of dampening production of that toxin according to research published in the journal  Read More »

Missing virus vial raises concerns at UTMB facility

(HoustonChronicle) A vial containing a potentially harmful virus has gone missing from a laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch, officials said. The missing vial, which contains less than a quarter of a teaspoon of an infectious disease, had been stored in a locked freezer designed to handle biological material safely in the Galveston  Read More »

DoD Support to Civil Authorities for CBRN Homeland Defense

(GlobalBiodefense) The Department of Defense last week released a new “Strategy for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities.” The policy postures the DoD to address current and emerging threats to the homeland through 2020. The strategy identifies two priority missions for the department in the homeland: defend U.S. territory from direct attack by  Read More »

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