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21st century vaccines — innovation in design and rational use
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Innovation in the design of vaccines is rapidly expanding their use, safety, and effectiveness for disease prevention and therapeutic interventions. The enormous potential of OMICS sciences for global health and vaccine design is examined in “Vaccines of the 21st Century and Vaccinomics,” a special issue Read More »
- September 26, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
Brazil Approves Biotech Dry Beans
(Truth about Trade & Technology) Brazil is the world's second largest producer of biotech crops and the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety has just approved a biotech dry bean for human consumption that is resistant to golden mosaic virus. …
- September 23, 2011
- | Filed under South America, Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Research
PharmAthene Wins Rights to Profit From Siga Smallpox Drug
(BusinessWeek) Siga Technologies Inc. must share with PharmAthene Inc. profit from sales of a smallpox drug that may total more than $400 million, a judge ruled. Siga plunged as much as 38 percent in Nasdaq trading. Delaware Chancery Court Judge …
- September 22, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Biotechnology
Pentagon rethinks bioterror effort
(Nature.com) Soldiers are yet to see any effective new countermeasures against bioterror agents.K. KULISH/CORBIS In the film Contagion, it takes just a few months for scientists to make a vaccine against a deadly virus. Yet a real US military programme that aimed …
- September 22, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
Brazil, Argentina Block Paraguayan Beef on Foot and Mouth
(Bloomberg) Brazil and Argentina suspended beef imports from landlocked Paraguay, the world's seventh-largest shipper, after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in the neighboring …
- September 21, 2011
- | Filed under South America and Agriculture
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BAA – Medical Countermeasures for Priority Pathogens
(Global Biodefense) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has released Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
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FDA Accepts BLA for Inhalational Anthrax Countermeasure
(Global Biodefense) Anthim (obiltoxaximab) is for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax, Read More »
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South Korea MERS death toll rises to 20
(CNN) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of new cases Read More »
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What you should know about MERS, the mystery disease that has South Korea on edge
(Washington Post) The spread of MERS, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last Read More »
Research More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Scientists find new variant of streptococcal bacteria causing severe infections
(Imperial College London) Scientists have discovered a new variant of streptococcal bacteria that Read More »
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VUMC joins Human Vaccine Project as first scientific hub
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Human Vaccines Project and the International AIDS Read More »
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Researcher who spiked rabbit blood to fake HIV vaccine results slapped with rare prison sentence
(Washington Post) Dong Pyou Han, a former Iowa State University researcher charged with Read More »
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New Antibody Weapons Against Marburg Virus
(Global Biodefense) A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies Read More »
Public Health More »
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How Yelp Can Be Used to Track Outbreaks of Food Poisoning
When a Shigella outbreak at a San Jose, California, seafood restaurant sickened dozens Read More »
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We Now Know More About Sexually Transmitted Ebola
(TIME) In March 2015, officials discovered that a Liberian man who had survived Read More »
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Legionnaires’ Bacteria Regrew in Bronx Cooling Towers That Were Disinfected
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The 15 water-cooling towers that were found to be contaminated this week Read More »
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Millions More Need H.I.V. Treatment, W.H.O. Says
(TheNewYorkTimes)- The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put Read More »
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Sentencing scheduled for peanut executive in salmonella case
(Washington Post)- ALBANY, Ga. — A former peanut executive convicted of shipping tainted Read More »