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Engineering a Deadly Flu

(The Scientist) The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity is investigating a research group that succeeded in making the avian influenza (H5N1) highly contagious in the lab, according to a post on NPR’s health blog. The researchers, led by virologist Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, induced five mutations that rendered  Read More »

Bioterror fears could block crucial flu research

(New Scientist) “The benefits of publishing this work do not outweigh the dangers of showing others how to replicate it,” says Thomas Ingelsby of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, which has long warned of bioterror risks. …

Fact Sheet: East Asia Summit

(White House.gov Press Office) At the East Asia Summit (EAS) held on November 19 in Bali, Indonesia, President Obama and other Asia-Pacific leaders discussed the importance of cooperation on the region’s most pressing political and security challenges, including maritime security, non-proliferation, and disaster response.  President Obama’s participation in the EAS was the first by a  Read More »

Darpa: Do Away With Antibiotics, Then Destroy All Pathogens

(Wired – Danger Room) Last year, federal officials warned that Americans were on the verge of “a post-antibiotic era.” And that’s exactly what the Pentagon’s far-out research agency is after. As long as they’ve got a replacement at the ready, of course. In the military’s latest round of small business solicitations, Darpa is making a  Read More »

A decade after anthrax attacks, US biodefenses need improvement

(The Star-Ledger) Ten years after envelopes containing anthrax spores were dropped into a mailbox in Princeton, we still have a long way to go to improve our nation’s biodefenses. …

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