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Reinventing Project BioShield

(Science Now) In the wake of the fall 2001 anthrax letter attacks, protecting against future bioterrorism attacks became a top priority for the US government, resulting in the creation of Project BioShield. This effort was intended to make available effective …

Complacency, lack of funds weaken US defense against bioterrorism

(Newsworks.org) A new report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation includes first-person accounts from public health professionals about responding to 9/11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001. A decade later, the report calls complacency the biggest threat to bioterrorism preparedness. Over the years, steps have been taken to prepare  Read More »

After 9/11, Anthrax Attacks Seemed Too Natural

(National Journal) For years these specialists had met, talking about the potential threat of smallpox, nerve gas, plague and Ebola virus. But the No. 1 suspect always was anthrax. Bioweapons seem like an obvious choice for a terror attack. …

Taking Stock of the Biodefense Boom

(Science Now) The anthrax mailings that petrified Americans soon after the 9/11 attacks a decade ago this fall, killing five people and sickening 17, led to an explosion of biodefense research in the United States. Nearly $19 billion has been spent—a huge increase …

News tips from the journal mBio®

(American Society for Microbiology) New strategy for developing rapid diagnostics; how Q fever invades and replicates inside killer immune cells; protein necessary for bacteria to produce ulcers; and same conditions, different outcome in fungal infection.

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