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Research on anthrax vaccine on to counteract threat of bioterrorism

(Domain-B) Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast are aiming to help counteract the threat of bioterrorism by undertaking new research to develop a vaccine against anthrax. Dr Rebecca Ingram from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s is working with scientists from Cardiff University, the Republic of Georgia, Turkey and the USA in  Read More »

Anthrax outbreak kills 30 hippos

(iAfrica) Thirty hippos have been killed by a bacterial outbreak in the Kruger National Park (KNP), the SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Monday. SANParks said an anthrax outbreak was identified in late August and post mortem results confirmed that most of the dead hippos were infected. The carcasses were discovered along the Letaba and  Read More »

Foodborne Illness Investigations: What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?

(Food Safety News) It seems safe to assume that most consumers want to know if the restaurant they’re about to eat at or the food they’re about to buy was recently the source of a foodborne illness outbreak. What’s less certain, however, is whether the government wants them to know this information. Deciding when to  Read More »

Synthetic Biology for Dummies, Investors or Both

(Forbes) In response to the recent publication of “Hacking the President’s DNA,” I’ve been fielding a lot of general questions about synthetic biology. I thought I’d put together a little primer for my readers. For Those Who Like To Watch: For the quickest introduction to the science involved, “Synthetic Biology Explained,” an excellent six-minute video  Read More »

When parasites catch viruses

(EurekAlert) When humans have parasites, the organisms live in our bodies, co-opt our resources and cause disease. However, it turns out that parasites themselves can have their own co-habitants. Researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University have found that the pathogenicity of the sexually transmitted protozoan parasite Trichomonas  Read More »

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