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Texas Biomed files patent for a novel HIV vaccine strategy

(EurekAlert) The Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio has applied for a patent for a genetically-engineered vaccine strategy to prevent HIV infection that targets the outer layers of body structures that are the first sites of contact with the virus. Designed to be a single dose and last a lifetime, the vaccine will lead  Read More »

Putting Asia on alert as bioterrorism risk grows

(South China Morning Post) A global infectious disease outbreak involving a lethal pathogen – whether spread through a deliberate attack or originating from natural sources – could claim millions of lives and cause severe economic damage. It is essential not only to mitigate the consequences of a pandemic, but also – with respect to deliberate  Read More »

Plum Island developing vaccines to keep world safe from diseases

(West Hartford News) It may be intriguing when talking about the nation’s only research lab for highly-infectious foreign animal diseases to bounce around conspiracy theories about Lyme disease, West Nile virus and the infamous “Montauk Monster,” all of which some people say originated there. But scientists involved in research at the Plum Island Animal Disease  Read More »

Sharing the biosecurity responsibility

(Farm Weekly) BIOSECURITY is a shared responsibility. That was the message from Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman at the recent Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA) Biosecurity Forum last week. In his opening address, Mr Redman said the WA agriculture industry could not afford to be complacent and highlighted the need for all  Read More »

Experts stress biotechnology for agricultural development

(The Citizen) Modern biotechnology and products derived from it have come to stay and will not go away as a result of polarised debates, seeds scientists have warned. Speaking recently during the Seed Traders Association of Kenya (STAK) congress in Nairobi, the scientists noted that the technology has brought new benefits for plant breeding and  Read More »

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