Anthrax test, developed by army and CDC, receives FDA approval
A method for identifying Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, has been cleared for diagnostic use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The test, known as the Gamma Phage Assay, was modified by scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to improve its performance and reliability when used with clinical specimens. The original...US Army plans to bulk-buy anthrax
The US military wants to buy large quantities of anthrax, in a controversial move that is likely to raise questions over its commitment to treaties designed to limit the spread of biological weapons. A series of contracts have been uncovered that relate to the US army' Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. They ask companies to tender for the production of bulk quantities of a non-virulent strai...Drug can quickly mobilize an army of cells to repair injury
To speed healing at sites of injury - such as heart muscle after a heart attack or brain tissue after a stroke - doctors would like to be able to hasten the formation of new blood vessels. One promising approach is to "mobilize" patients' blood vessel-forming cells, called angiogenic cells, so these cells can reach the injured area. Recently, researchers at Washington University School of...Army research mission focused on autism
"I had a perfectly normal baby. He hit all his developmental landmarks but after his first birthday he seemed to be sick all of the time, with infection after infection. He stopped eating and was no longer happy and playful. By 17 months he had stopped talking, interacting, or even looking at us anymore; he was in his own little world. At four years old, he had no language, was not potty trained,...Alfalight awarded $1.7M from Army Research Lab
With the funding, Alfalight will develop pump modules suitable for pumping high-power, fiber-laser sys...Alfalight awarded $4.5 million Army Research contract
a University of Wisconsin-Madison spin-off developing high-power diode lasers, has received a research and development contract worth $4.5 million from the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Md. The 12-month program will focus on the development of a high-power, high-brightness multimode diode laser source with an output o...Joining The Military 'My Best Move' - US Army Nursing Chief
The Major General of US army Gale Pollock was inspired to become a nurse after she saw how the military treated her elder brother after he was wounded in Vietnam. Thirty years down the line, she heads the US Army Nurse Corps. // "I decided to join the army when I was a teenager. I had a big brother who was injured in Vietnam and the army medical department took very good care of him....Chinese PLA Names Bogus Army Medical Bodies Selling Fake Drugs
China's armed forces health department today published a list of 16 bogus military medical institutions advertising fake medicines as the government intensified efforts to crack down on drugs fraud.// "These bogus military institutions advertised fake drugs in newspapers, magazines and on websites, posing a serious threat to public health and to the image of the People's Liberation Ar...Snorers, Tattoo Wearers Out From Chinese Army
The Chinese Army has banned chronic snorers from joining up. These are new standards that have been introduced by the Army. //"Given that chronic snorers' sounds disturb the life of others, a new regulation ... has been added," the Beijing Times newspaper quoted army official Li Chunming as saying. The People's Liberation Army is the world's strongest standing force with 2.3 million sold...Premier Army Hospital Acquires PET-CT Scanner
A Medical Cyclotron Centre and a Positron Emission and Computerised Tomography (PET-CT) scanner has been acquired by a premier army hospital here. // The hospital will become only the fourth in the country to acquire such a scanner that would help to enhance its nuclear medicine imaging capabilities. The army chief, Gen. J. J. Singh inaugurated the Rs.280 million facility at the Army...Personality Disorders Caused Army To Let Go Of 1,000 Soldiers
It is reported that the Army was forced to discharge about a 1,000 soldiers due to their suffering from personality disorders//. This is the same reason why private Steven D. Green, who is accused of raping and killing an Iraqi woman and murdering her family, was also discharged. Steven D. Green's military documents show the reason of discharge as an "anti-social personality disorder."...