Plague Proteome Reveals Proteins Linked to Infection
...ow promise as detection tools in public health and biodefense and can guide drug and vaccine designers in their quest to disrupt the microbe’s ability to infect. Y. pestis is the bacterium that caused the infamous Black Death plagues. Fleas are vectors for the disease and can spread it to rodent and human hos...United States Department of Defense Selects Ichor Medical Systems to Develop Biodefense Vaccine
... for electroporation-based delivery of a number of biodefense DNA vaccine candidates. According to company CEO...forward to continuing our collaboration with a top biodefense laboratory known for its DNA vaccine research," said Bernard. Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis viru...New Smallpox Vaccine Contract: Five Years in the Making
...ard highlights a success for the U.S. government's biodefense preparedness programs. This contract is the first time that HHS has utilized all of its existing and newly-acquired payment authorities (Advance Payment, Milestone Advance Payment, and Performance Based Payment) as granted under the original Bioshiel...Bio-defense Lab Ordered Shut Down as Researchers Get Infected
...sease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered the biodefense research laboratory at Texas A&M University to sto...t, an Austin, Texas, nonprofit group that monitors biodefense research safety. The group used Texas freedom-of-information requests to obtain documents about the ...