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Race-specific Bio-weapon Similar to SARS in the Making

(Device Magazine) Though the world has stopped discussing about the SARS disease these days, it is still a horrible memory. Many have died of this horrible disease and the latest news suggests that a disease similar to SARS is likely to be used as a bio-weapon. The most significant fact about this is that the  Read More »

Biologists describe details of new mechanism for molecular interactions

(EurekAlert) Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with collaborators from Harvard University, the University of Madrid, Princeton University, and the University of Zurich, have discovered a new mechanism that may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell’s nucleus. The discovery illustrates how two proteins of the human adenovirus  Read More »

A Cup Of Tea To Battle Terrorism

(Personal Liberty) New research indicates that a powerful weapon in the fight against bioterrorism could be a simple cup of tea. The favorite English beverage has shown in studies the ability to kill certain deadly microorganisms and deactivate toxins. According to Dr. Simon Richardson, senior lecturer in Biopharmaceutical Sciences at the British University of Greenwich’s  Read More »

Puerto Rico Health Secretary declares dengue fever epidemic

(Examiner) The Secretary of Health in Puerto Rico, Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, in consultation with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dengue director, Dr. Harold Margolis, declared a dengue fever epidemic on the Caribbean island, according to a Puerto Rico Department of Health press release Oct. 8 (translated). According to Sec. Feliciano, “In consultation with  Read More »

Hospitals that cooperate on infection control fare better than hospitals acting alone

(EurekAlert) An individual hospital’s infection control efforts have a ripple effect on the prevalence of a deadly and highly infectious bacterium in hospitals throughout its surrounding region, a multi-center research group led by the University of Pittsburgh demonstrated in a computer simulation-based study. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections are better prevented when hospitals cooperate  Read More »

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