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Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis: The Most Neglected Tropical Disease Why is Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative [Read more] -
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is seeking partners to advance technology developed for in vitro diagnostic devices that are amenable to military hardening and integration with communication capabilities to support the medical diagnostic and epidemiological [Read more] -
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) seeks to identify, adopt, and adapt emerging, existing and revolutionary sciences that may demonstrate high payoff potential to Counter-WMD (C-WMD) threats, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives threats. [Read more] -
Dr. Kevin Schully, contractor and chief science officer with Naval Medical Research Center’s (NMRC) Austere environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes Department (ACESO) recently returned stateside after screening Sailors and Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia, [Read more] -
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Soligenix’s SGX942 (dusquetide) for the treatment of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients as a Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Commercialization [Read more] -
An international research team has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and controlling the spread of melioidosis in Southeast Asia. Melioidosis is a serious infectious disease manifesting itself as multiple abscesses of various organs due [Read more] -
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the new U.S. National Biodefense Strategy, challenges for the Zika vaccine trial, and the DARPA Safe Genes program. POLICY + INITIATIVES Revamped US Biodefence Strategy [Read more]
