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UN – Review Conference Can Boost Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Biological …

(ISRIA) The Biological Weapons Convention is central to the global disarmament and non-proliferation framework. Over the past five years, States parties have developed common understandings aimed at better implementation of this critical instrument. …

December 9, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Polk County authorities practice agroterrorism response

(ABC Action News) Local, state, and federal authorities responded to a potential threat of agroterrorism Tuesday in Polk County — but it was just a drill. Agroterrorism is form of terrorism on agriculture — the nation’s food chain. Nearly all the agencies that would …

December 8, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Researchers reveal SBP8a configurations

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A new study has shown previously unseen details of an anthrax bacteriophage — a virus that infects anthrax bacteria — revealing for the first time how it infects its host, and providing an initial blueprint for how the phage might someday be modified into a tool for the Read More »

December 8, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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Pharmathene Announces Publication of Phase I Study Results for Anthrax Antibody

(Sacramento Bee) The American Society for Microbiology peer-reviewed journal describes clinical data supporting the potential use of Valortim ® , a fully human monoclonal antibody, as both a post-exposure prophylaxis and therapeutic treatment for anthrax infection. …

December 8, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
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US warns of bioweapon threat from gene assembly

(The Associated Press) The US government has cited efforts by terror groups like al-Qaeda to develop biological weapons as a national security concern. Clinton spoke Wednesday at meeting in Geneva aimed at reviewing the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention.