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Potential vaccine carrier may give stockpiling efforts a shot in the arm

(ScienceDaily) A researcher at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)/San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) presented findings this week on a new potential vaccine carrier that he hopes will extend the shelf life of and aid in the stockpiling of critical vaccines. U.S. Army Maj. Jean M. Muderhwa presented findings April 22, at the Experimental  Read More »

Go Ahead With Bird Flu Studies, HHS and NIH Say

(Global Security Newswire) WASHINGTON – Federal health officials on Friday endorsed a decision by their advisers to let publication of two controversial bird flu studies go ahead, saying the information was  vital to preparing the world against a possible deadly pandemic. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity had asked researchers in December to hold  Read More »

Research or development? DHS and national labs disagree

(FierceHomelandSecurity) In its research and development efforts at national laboratories, the Homeland Security Department now emphasizes development more than basic or applied research, said Daniel Gerstein, DHS’s deputy undersecretary for science and technology, on April 19. Gerstein spoke at a hearing of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and security technologies. He  Read More »

Congress Has More Questions About NSABB’s H5N1 Decision

(Science Now) A senior Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives is asking more questions about how the U.S. government reviewed two controversial H5N1 avian influenza studies, and how it wrote a new policy for reviewing taxpayer-funded studies that might be used for good and evil. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) today sent a letter to  Read More »

Publication ban on virus research: security or censorship?

(Radio Netherlands) Deputy Minister Bleker has announced that he’s imposing a ban on publication – in the journal, Science – of the research which was carried out at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. He cites the rules laid down in the government’s User Guide on Strategic Goods and Services on the export of sensitive  Read More »

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