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How tea can help fight terror attack

(Times of India) LONDON: A cup of tea could be a secret weapon to fight poison used in terror attacks if UK scientists are to be believed. Academics at Cardiff University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences discovered a chemical, polyphenol found in tea can deactivate ricin — a highly-toxic ingredient used in fatal terrorist Read More »

July 26, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, South Asia, and Research
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Vaccine Home Run

(Forbes) A promising new life-saving vaccine to fight against a known killer cleared an important hurdle, with drugmaker Sanofi announcing today that its vaccine to prevent dengue virus proved effective in a clinical trial in more than 4000 children in Thailand. Dengue is a disease that most Americans have never heard of and will likely Read More »

July 26, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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First vaccine against dengue found to work in Thailand trial

(Los Angeles Times) The world’s first vaccine against the dengue virus has been shown to protect against three of the four strains of the virus in a trial in Thailand, the vaccine’s maker announced this week. The vaccine actually generated antibody responses against all four strains of the virus, but for some reason, one strain Read More »

July 26, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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‘Israel Will Go to War if Hizbullah Gets Chemical Weapons’

(Arutz Sheva) Israel is prepared to intervene militarily if Hizbullah gets a hold of Assad’s chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned in Brussels on Tuesday. “In the moment we see that the Syrians transfer chemical and biological weapons to Hizbullah, this is a red line for us and from our point of view it‘s Read More »

July 25, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Message To Syria: You Can’t Use Chemical Weapons On Foreigners, Either

(NPR) Headlines today about one of the latest statements from the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad have tended to focus on the news that a spokesman says the government would never use chemical or biological weapons against its own people. The stories take two angles: One, that this confirms Syria has such weapons; two, Read More »