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BARDA funds development of next-generation portable ventilators

BARDA funds development of next-generation portable ventilators

BARDA funds development of next-generation portable ventilators

A $6.7 million contract announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) will help fill the need for domestically manufactured, low-cost, user-friendly and flexible next-generation ventilators. This contract to Newport Medical Instruments of Costa Mesa, Calif., is for three years.

GAO Urges More Tracking of Pentagon Anti-WMD Spending

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report yesterday that the Defense Department does not adequately track the level of its resources expressly focused on stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction (see GSN, Sept. 16). Congressional auditors carried out their study of counterproliferation efforts conducted by the Pentagon and other agencies at  Read More »

Bioterror Absent from Committee Agenda

Secretary Napolitano and Directors Mueller and Leiter Terrorism is the “greatest security challenge of our age,” explained Senator Joe Lieberman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, during a hearing last Wednesday on “Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland.”  Because of this great challenge, FBI Director Robert Mueller, said in  Read More »

Regulations for Synthetic Biology Need to Address Risks and Rewards

How much should synthetic biology – the design and construction of new biological parts, devices and systems, and the redesign of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes – be regulated? And by whom?

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