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Engineered botulism toxins could have broader role in medicine

(e! Science News) The most poisonous substance on Earth — already used medically in small doses to treat certain nerve disorders and facial wrinkles — could be re-engineered for an expanded role in helping millions of people with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, psoriasis and other diseases, scientists are reporting. Their study appears in ACS’ journal Biochemistry.  Read More »

Dangerous Acquaintances

(Huffington Post) Experiments to make some of the world’s deadliest viruses more contagious to humans or to learn the secrets of those that already are contagious surge to the top of the news and slip downward with regularity. Now they are up again. This time it is work with the H5N1 avian flu virus, in  Read More »

Canada kept detection of salmon virus secret

(Vancouver Sun) The virus is considered so dangerous that, if its presence is confirmed, Canada is obligated to report it to the World Organization for Animal Health, just as it would foot-and-mouth disease or bird flu. Such a report would be a devastating blow to …

Biosecurity guidelines available

(Dairy Herd Management) South Dakota State University has available guidelines for basic biosecurity of livestock show animals that veterinarians should discuss with or make available to their clients with show animals. South Dakota State Public Health Veterinarian Russ Daly, …

US To Pay $2.5M In Anthrax Death

(NPR) AP MIAMI — More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit, according to documents released Tuesday. Stevens, 63, died on Oct. 5, 2001, when a letter  Read More »

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