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DOR BioPharma, Inc., Is The Only Company In The World Able To Produce A Ricin Vaccine In Scale That Meets The FDA' S GMP Standards
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismRicin toxin is a bioterror threat that is extremely deadly in small doses and can lead to lung damage and general organ failure leading to death within several days. Evidence is mounting that al Qaeda is experimenting with manufacturing ricin for the purposes of using it as a bioterror weapon. There ...
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Sat Sep 2007
Global Counter-Terrorism Efforts Enhanced By International Partnership
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismA collaborative partnership between Kent State University and the Jerusalem-based Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR) will advance knowledge and expand research opportunities in areas including bio-preparedness, emergency response and counter-terrorism, as well as provide training to ...
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Sat Sep 2007
American Chemical Society News
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismNew technology for tracking down builders of homemade bombsAnalytical ChemistryResearchers in Australia are reporting development of a portable device to help track down builders of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) -- those homemade fertilizer bombs that have wreaked such havoc in terrorist attac ...
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Sat Sep 2007
2 Grants Awarded To Rutgers By Homeland Security For Nuclear Threat Detection
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismThe National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has awarded Rutgers University two grants to lead research on detecting smuggled nuclear materials. The work aims to thwart terrorists from using such materials to develop "dirty bombs" or en ...
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Sat Sep 2007
Researcher Probes For Motivations Behind 'Ecoterrorist' Group
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismAsk the FBI, and they will contend that a dangerous wave of "ecoterrorism" has swept North America in the past decade. Ski resorts, new condominium developments and corporate logging headquarters have all been the target of arson attacks, pushing the damage tally of a shadowy organization called the ...
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Sat Sep 2007
Radar Technology May Lead To Simple And Inexpensive Landmine Detection System
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismResearchers in The Netherlands are developing a radar system that might one day see through solid earth and could be used to clear conflict zones of landmines, safely and at low cost. Writing in Inderscience's Journal of Design Research, the team explains how the new technology, with further industr ...
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Thu Aug 2007
Advanced Life Sciences Collaborates With U.S. Government To Study Cethromycin As Treatment For Anthrax And Other High-Priority Biodefense Agents
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismAdvanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADLS), announced the commencement of its collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the lead governmental institute supporting biodefense research, under which the NIAID will conduct studies to evaluate cethrom ...
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Thu Aug 2007
Computer-Aided System To Help In The Fight Against Emerging Infections Or Bioterrorism Attack
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismComputer analysis of existing drugs may be key to fighting new infectious agents and antibiotic-resistant pathogens like deadly tuberculosis strains and staph 'superbugs.' Researchers in Canada say the use of such "emergency discovery" technology could save time, money and lives during a sudden outb ...
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Thu Aug 2007
Portable Biosensor To Distinguish Between Contaminated And "Worried Well"
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismScientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a way to increase the sensitivity of test strips that will enable creation of a portable biosensor that can address a major concern associated with incidents involving chemical or nerve agents -- the need to quickly distinguish betw ...
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Thu Aug 2007
Anthrax Vaccine Uses Nanoparticles To Produce Immunity
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismA vaccine against anthrax that is more effective and easier to administer than the present vaccine has proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, report University of Michigan Medical School scientists in the August issue of Infection and Immunity. [click link for full article] ...
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Thu Aug 2007
In Emergency, Evacuation Software Finds Best Way To Route Millions Of Vehicles
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismYi-Chang Chiu wants to move people efficiently - lots of people, millions of people - in response to a terrorist attack or natural disaster. [click link for full article] ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Fluorescent Glass SRMs Are New Tool For Spectroscopy
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismResearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed two new calibration tools to help correct and validate the performance of analytic instruments that identify substances based on fluorescence.Recent years have seen a significant increase in the development and u ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Chem/Biohazards Risks Reduced By Building Retrofits
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismA new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers building owners and managers information on retrofit options to improve the safety of buildings against airborne chemical and biological hazards. The new guide can be ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Eight People Arrested In Connection With The Failed Terrorist Attempts Have Worked In The UK National Health Service
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismOf all the people arrested so far in connection with the failed terrorist attempts in Glasgow and London, eight have links with the British National Health Service. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) indicated that seven are doctors, medical students and a laboratory technician. The eight pe ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Two Doctors Arrested In UK Terror Investigation
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismAmong the seven suspects arrested for terrorist attempts in London and Glasgow last week, two are doctors who work in the UK:Dr. Bilal Abdulla, from Iraq, was arrested in Glasgow at the scene of the attempt on Saturday. Dr. Mohammad Asha, from Jordan, was arrested while driving with his wife on the ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Disease Outbreak Detection, Retinal Gene Therapy
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismAn epidemiological network model for disease outbreak detection Advanced disease-surveillance systems have been deployed worldwide to provide early detection of infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks. New methods that improve the overall detection capabilities of these systems can ha ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Inside The Mind Of A Suicide Bomber
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismSuicide bombers are not mentally ill or unhinged, but acting rationally in pursuit of the 'benefits' they perceive from being part of a strict and close-knit religious enterprise, according to a University of Nottingham academic.Research by Dr David Stevens, of the School of Politics and Internation ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Sandia And FDA Ensure A Safer Food Supply
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismLike Johnny Appleseed of yore, the Food and Drug Administration is scattering food-defense programs across the US so that the country's million or so food processors can better secure their food against possible contamination by terrorists.A team from Sandia National Laboratories led the effort to c ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Taming The Anthrax Threat
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismIn the American government's biodefense efforts, the potential for terrorists to cause a deadly anthrax outbreak remains a significant concern, six years after the letter attacks that shook the nation shortly after 9/11. [click link for full article] ...
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Tue Aug 2007
Thought Provoking Association Between Harry Potter And Terrorism
Categorie : Bio-terrorism / TerrorismCould Harry Potter be guarding the secrets of the British government's post 9/11 response to the terrorist threat? Judith Rauhofer of the University of Central Lancashire seems to think so.Rauhofer has made a study of JK Rowling's fictional child wizard and suggests, in a research paper published in ...
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Tue Aug 2007
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