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Tiny avalanche photodiodes target bioterrorism agents

...tes in 2001 the threat of a larger and more deadly bioterrorism attack -- perhaps from smallpox, plague or tularemia -- became very real. But the ability to detect such biological agents and rapidly contain an attack is still being developed. In a significant finding, researchers at Northwestern University's Cen...

New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network

...ts, a key element of our strategic plan to counter bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases is now complete," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "Our network is working diligently to uncover new knowledge and create preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic tools that will leave us far less vulnera...

LIAI scientists make major finding on potential smallpox treatment

...t worldwide in the last several years, prompted by bioterrorism concerns. The virus was eradicated in the U.S. by 1950 and vaccinations for the general public were ended in 1972. But in the aftermath of 9-11, new concerns have arisen that the smallpox virus could be used as a bioterrorist agent. Disease exper...

UCLA scientists reveal how Nipah virus infects cells

...s to cause encephalitis. Designated as a potential bioterrorism agent by the National Biodefense Research Agenda, ... state, the Nipah virus can be used as a potential bioterrorism agent capable of devastating an entire country's public health and economy," said Dr. Benhur Lee, pr...

Scientists create digital bacteria to forge advances in biomedical research

...l experiment would be undesirable. Preparing for a bioterrorism attack is one example. "You can actually try to simulate dangerous experiments," said Cluzel, an Assistant Professor in Physics. "For instance, if you mix a pathogenic strain with a friendly strain, which one is going to win, and with what kind of sp...

Carnegie Mellon cyLab researchers work to develop new red tide monitoring

...security where we may use this method to track the bioterrorism activities pertaining to the nation's waterways." Cai said his NASA/ESTO-funded research team is developing a spatiotemporal data mining system to track harmful ocean objects from NASA's SeaWiFS satellite images and NOAA's oceanographic data. These ...

Aircraft Cabin Ventilation Influences The Transmission Of Diseases In-flight

... important public health issue. Heightened fear of bioterrorism agents has cased health officials to re-examine the potential of these agents to be spread by air travel. The SARS outbreak of 2002 showed how air travel can have an important role in the rapid spread of newly emerging infections and could potentiall...

Wake Forest scientists find new combination vaccine effective against plague

... the National Institutes of Health under a federal bioterrorism initiative. "The development of a vaccine against the pneumonic or respiratory form of plague is a major goal of the bio-defense initiative," he said. The research program involves six other medical school scientists and a secure biosafety laborator...

Microbial forensics: The next great forensic challenge

...nally practiced over hundreds of years. But modern bioterrorism is more chilling than ever because of rapidly expanding knowledge about infectious diseases and biotoxins and their potential to wreak havoc in complex, interdependent societies. The nation is in the process of developing a strong microbial forensic ...

Antibodies from plants protect against anthrax

...ology Biodefense Research Meeting. "The nature of bioterrorism is such that an aggressor is likely to strike at a time and place calculated to induce maximum terror through mass casualties. The unpredictable nature of such events compels us to develop cost-effective, highly stable medical countermeasures to enab...

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