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By Region: North America

Flu meeting opts for openness

(Nature.com) Upgrading the biosafety level for studies on mutant avian influenza could put a stranglehold on the work. After weeks of debate, two controversial papers describing forms of the H5N1 avian influenza virus capable of transmitting between mammals should …

UW steps up bio research safety

(Capital Times) UW-Madison has strengthened its once lacking oversight of biological research, such as the bird flu study by Yoshihiro Kawaoka entangled in an international debate over biosafety and bioterrorism. But the university could face more rules recommended …

MRSA in livestock acquired drug resistance on the farm, now infects humans

(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers have discovered that a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that humans contract from livestock was originally a human strain, but it developed resistance to antibiotics once it was picked up by farm animals. The findings, which appear in the online journal mBio on Tuesday, Feb. 21, illustrate a very  Read More »

NSC wants rules on research that could lead to biological weapons

(Boston Herald) The National Security Council is moving to exert greater federal control over scientific studies of highly lethal diseases and toxins in the face of mounting fears that the research could be used by terrorists and rogue states, according to people with knowledge of the process.

Science & Technology Directorate

(Fierce Homeland Security) NBAF is envisioned as a Biosafety Level 4 (the most dangerous possible) laboratory for the study of animal diseases and a replacement for the existing Plum Island Animal Disease Center, which is located off of Long Island, NY The Plum Island center, …

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