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Wash U: research against bioterrorism progressing, ten years after 9/11

(St. Louis Public Radio News) US Navy personnel take samples from a mock anthrax pile during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) decontamination drill aboard an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf in 2007. Soon after the terrorist attacks of 9/11,

BARDA partners to develop new class of antibiotic

Contract supports new antibiotic against bioterrorism threats, Gram-negative infections The federal government today issued a contract for advanced research and development of a dual-purpose broad spectrum antibiotic with potential to treat illnesses caused by bioterrorism threats such as plague and tularemia, as well as more certain life-threatening infections, known as Gram-negative infections, associated with prolonged  Read More »

Regulating Synthetic Biology: How Much or How Little?

(Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine) That debate is taking shape not only broadly but in the nascent field of synthetic biology, where scientific, public-health, and business interests are converging. In a recently published paper in Science, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) …

Jordan hosts 3rd Biosafety and Biosecurity International Conference 2011

(AME Info) Under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan will host the 3rd Biosafety and Biosecurity International Conference 2011 between the 13th and 15th of September at El Hassan Science City (EHSC), Amman. The conference aims at identifying …

Public health leaders cite lessons of 2001 anthrax attacks

(CIDRAP News) Public health leaders, recalling and reflecting on the anthrax letter attacks of 2001 in a lengthy report released today, say the nation is better prepared to respond to such an emergency than it was 10 years ago, …

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