Unusual Antibodies in Cows Suggest New Ways to Make Therapies for People
Humans have been raising cows for their meat, hides and milk for millennia. Now it appears that the cow immune system also has something to offer. A new study led by scientists from The Scripps...
View ArticleBiodefense News Headlines of the Week – June 23, 2013
Biodefense – The threat, the cost and the priority | R&D roadmap points way to biological preparedness | Investigation follows trail of MERS virus in hospitals | Barely lethal – the growing use of...
View ArticleResearchers Identify Chemical Compounds that Halt Virus Replication
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have identified a new chemical class of compounds that have the potential to block genetically diverse viruses from replicating. The findings,...
View ArticleNotable Biodefense Contracts: $89M to Basilea Pharmaceutica
The U.S. federal government has awarded a notable contract related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense or life science research of interest for potential...
View ArticleNavy Awards Malaria Research Contract to Oregon Health and Science University
The U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, in support of the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), has awarded a new contract to the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) to support malaria...
View ArticleImmune System Overreaction Contributes to Influenza Deaths
A new study by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows that excessive early immune responses contribute to deaths caused by certain influenza viruses. Scientists found...
View ArticleNIAID BAA for Rugged Biodefense Vaccines
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) this week issued a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to support the advanced development of candidate products which consist of a...
View ArticleBiodefense and Remediation of Drinking Water Systems
A European collaboration has developed a new response program for rapidly restoring the use of drinking water networks following a deliberate contamination event. The four-year Seventh Framework...
View ArticleBiodefense News Headlines of the Week – July 14, 2013
Zombie Lessons for Pandemic Preparedness | New studies on H7N9 raise pandemic concerns | House science panel gives big hug to reform of DOE labs | Canada aids Jordan with WMD protective gear against...
View ArticleFunding Notice: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program has renewed a grant announcement for funding of research on the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles and processes that...
View ArticleNovel Rabies Vaccine Shows Protection Against Deadly Ebola Virus
Researchers from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Thomas Jefferson University have developed a vaccine based on the established rabies virus vaccine that, when tested...
View ArticleTests Fail to Identify Antiviral Resistance in H7N9 Influenza Strains
Some strains of the avian H7N9 influenza that emerged in China this year have developed resistance to the only antiviral drugs available to treat the infection, but testing for antiviral resistance can...
View ArticlePlant-Based Vaccine Leader Medicago Acquired for $375M
Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), this week...
View ArticleBARDA Announces BAA for CBRN Medical Countermeasures
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) this week announced a new solicitation for proposals that advance medical countermeasures such as vaccines, therapeutics and...
View ArticleSIGA Makes Third Delivery of Smallpox Drug for Biodefense Stockpile
SIGA Technologies, Inc. this week announced it has passed another significant milestone with the third delivery of its proprietary smallpox antiviral drug, Arestvyr, to the United States Government’s...
View ArticleBiodefense News Headlines of the Week – July 21, 2013
Staying safe in a biology revolution | New approach to protecting prion protein from altering shape | Study: H7N9 highly transmissible by airborne route | Next-generation biosurveillance program future...
View ArticleSLU Enrolling Volunteers for Plague Vaccine Study
The Saint Louis University School of Medicine is enrolling volunteers for an initial safety and tolerability study of a vaccine for Plague; an infectious disease of animals and humans caused the...
View ArticleGerman Scientists Develop Rapid Test for Plague
Diagnosing the presence of Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, may soon be easier than ever before. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG) and the Freie...
View ArticleBiodefense News Headlines of the Week – July 28, 2013
Does the dangerous new Middle East coronavirus have an African origin? | Cities might not be as prepared as they think for bioterrorism | Researchers identify vulnerabilities of the deadly Ebola virus...
View ArticleBiothreat Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing with Biomerieux’s EasyMag
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick has issued a solicitation for Antibiotic Susceptibility Strips and EasyMag System Reagents that determine the...
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