Scientists get £4 million to make ‘designer bacteria’ | Weapon-usable tech seen challenging bioweapons convention | Biological detection team trains to keep Anderson safe | Malaria study suggests drugs should target female parasites | Flu outbreaks predicted with weather forecast techniques | Warfighters getting a second skin | Affordable test is saving lives in areas still ravaged by ‘Black Death’ | Researchers find algal ancestor is key to how deadly pathogens proliferate | Russia to spend $183m on chemical, bio defense in 2013 | GSK receives FDA approval for raxibacumab anthrax anti-toxin | New SARS-like virus infects both human and animal cells | With new rules, few public health labs to handle riskiest agents

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like bioprotection equipment, designer bacteria, influenza predictive technologies and more…

Scientists get £4 million to make ‘designer bacteria’ (Glasgow University)

Weapon-usable tech seen challenging bioweapons convention (NTI GSN)

Malaria study suggests drugs should target female parasites (EurekAlert)

Flu outbreaks predicted with weather forecast techniques (AtmosNews)

Affordable test is saving lives in areas still ravaged by ‘Black Death’ (CDC)

Researchers find algal ancestor is key to how deadly pathogens proliferate (EurekAlert)

Russia to spend $183m on chemical, bio defense in 2013 (RIA Novosti)

GSK receives FDA approval for raxibacumab anthrax anti-toxin (PRNewswire)

With new rules, few public health labs to handle riskiest agents (CIDRAP)