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See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the difficulties of containing Ebola in a conflict zone, mining data to predict toxicological properties, and measles spreading to Brazil from the Venezuela crisis. POLICY [Read more] -
By Saskia Popescu What do three days of a workshop on all things from anthrax to Zika look like? For one, busy. I recently attended the event held by George Mason University’s biodefense program and [Read more] -
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including discovery of a new species of Ebola virus in bats, new assay for quantifying abrin and ricin in blood, and the resurgence of HIV/AIDS. POLICY [Read more] -
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the spread of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Middle East, Lyme disease vaccine Phase 1 trial, and FDA approval of freeze-dried plasma. POLICY + INITIATIVES Advancing [Read more] -
A new study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology reveals that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage in cells than was previously thought. These results create safety implications for gene therapies using [Read more] -
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that consumers not buy or eat, restaurants not serve, and retailers not sell fresh crab meat imported from Venezuela at this time. Epidemiologic investigation of [Read more]
