See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like Kansas biolab funding, TB countermeasures, computer designed proteins, dengue vaccine research and more…
New animal disease facility stalled by budget, politics (Reuters)
GenVec announced conditional approval of FMD vaccine for cattle (PRNewswire)
ARS highlights alternatives to antibiotics for animal agriculture (Food Safety News)
Opting out of vaccinations could get tougher in California (CNN)
Johns Hopkins experts call for more TB screening, faster testing (Hopkins Medicine)
Scientists work together to achieve milestone against deadly diseases (Seattle BioMed)
$54.7M awarded to universities for research equipment (Defense.gov)
Dengue vaccine in sight, after 70 years (Reuters)
Battelle introduces industry-first drug discovery ‘CoLaborative’ (Battelle)
Fate of Kansas biodefense lab may hinge on two reports due this month (GSN)
Computer designed proteins programmed to disarm variety of flu viruses (Eureka)
WHO hopes for meeting on dual-use research in late fall (CIDRAP)