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An opportunity to bug biosecurity

(Scoop News) They’re creepy, they’re crawly, and they’re on display in the Environment Southland marquee at Southern Field Days. Following on from biocontrol success in several areas, a raft of biocontrol agents including Dung beetles, Broom galls mites, Green thistle beetles; Gorse soft shoot moths and Ragwort plume moths will make an appearance in the  Read More »

Pascrell: Bioterror threat a life or death matter

(Bio Prep Watch) The Obama administration’s 2012 strategy to prevent bioterrorism is failing and strengthening security against bioterror is a matter of life or death, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday. Pascrell made the remarks during a hearing called “Bioterrorism: Assessing the Threat” held by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response,  Read More »

Bioterrorism Fear Led Scientists to Withhold Botulinum Toxin Info

(Nextgov) Researchers have uncovered a new breed of Botulinum toxin, however, they are withholding certain information about the neurotoxin out of concern it could be misused by individuals seeking to develop a biological weapon, National Public Radio reported on Wednesday. Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, which is present in soil all  Read More »

Early Tests Bode Well for Bioterrorism Treatment

(Nextgov) A potential drug for use against Marburg virus has been shown in initial testing to be safe for humans, the Boston Business Journal reported. Pharmaceutical firm Sarepta Therapeutics announced that when the treatment was given in various dosage amounts over two weeks to 40 volunteers in a Phase 1 study, the drug was discerned  Read More »

H5N1 death of Alberta nurse may have been from illegal Chinese poultry market

(Calgary Sun) An illegal poultry market may be to blame for the H5N1 death of an Alberta woman. That’s according to a letter to the editor to the Journal of Infection by Chinese researchers in Beijing. The researchers drew parallels between the Jan. 8, 2014, case and a Jan. 6, 2009, case where a 19-year-old  Read More »

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