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Results of Emergent BioSolutions Phase 1a Study on Adjuvanted BioThrax Anthrax …

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that results from a Phase 1a clinical trial evaluating an investigational anthrax vaccine, Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed with CPG 7909 Adjuvant mixed at bedside, …

August 29, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Countermeasures
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Wisconsin’s homeland security spending falls sharply

(WisconsinWatch.org) The lack of funding for agricultural security doesn't necessarily match the risk, as the industry is one of the few sectors to recently sustain an attack that some consider an act of agro-terrorism. In 1996, police in Berlin, located 20 miles west of …

August 29, 2011
| Filed under North America and Agriculture
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Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11

(The Associated Press) Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane. The longtime Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory biodefense researcher landed at Andrews Air Force Base outside the nation’s capital and immediately realized he was on the Read More »

August 26, 2011
| Filed under North America and Bioterrorism
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Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola

Researchers have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and the Ebola virus.

August 25, 2011
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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Single protein, key to ebola virus infection, could aid in drug design

(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Research published by two teams of Army scientists and collaborators has identified a cellular protein that plays a critical role in Ebola virus infection. The findings, published online today in separate studies in the journal Nature, suggest a possible strategy for combating one of the world’s most Read More »