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How secure are labs handling world’s deadliest pathogens?

(Reuters) Last year, labs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam independently created mutant forms of avian influenza, known as H5N1, that can be transmitted directly among mammals. The natural strain can be caught only through …

H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought — Or Not

(Huffington Post) A simple math problem lies at the heart of a heated debate over whether scientists should be allowed to publish provocative research into the transmissibility of H5N1 flu. Assuming the avian virus could spread easily among people, …<

Planned Kansas Biodefense Laboratory Over the Rainbow?

(Science Now) Four years ago, scientists and lawmakers in Kansas rejoiced when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had chosen Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for a new $650 million federal lab to replace the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the country’s premier veterinary research facility off the coast of  Read More »

Immunovaccine’s delivery platform to be tested in fight against bioterrorism

(TheChronicleHerald.ca) The company said preliminary research with an anthrax antigen demonstrates the DepoVax-based vaccine was able to raise antibody levels exceeding those of traditional delivery platforms. “Persisting high antibody levels were induced within four weeks …

Decision time for researchers of deadly bird flu

(Reuters) When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research. The hurriedly-assembled meeting is designed to try and settle an unprecedented row over a call to ban publication  Read More »

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