Boston biodefense site cleared to host sensitive disease studies | Coronavirus update: case definitions and guidance | Protein passport helps nanoparticles get past immune system | Viruses: more survival tricks than previously thought | Overlap and duplication of select agent registered facility inspections | New study shows viruses can have immune systems | 2011-2012 assessment of the Army Research Laboratory | Breakthrough could lead to drugs that better combat ‘superbugs’ | A DIY bioprinter is born | House backs renewal of biodefense initiatives; bill proceeds to Obama | Ancient fungi in sea floor could yield previously unknown antibiotics | A vaccine that works in newborns? | DNA promoters and anthrax vaccines | Fort Hood hosts CBRN Rodeo for hundreds of soldiers | Swine influenza in Sri Lanka | New tool in fight against tropical diseases

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like virus survival tricks, certification of the biodefense lab in Boston, a CBRN training rodeo and more…

Boston biodefense site cleared to host sensitive disease studies (NTI GSN)

Coronavirus update: case definitions and guidance (CDC)

Protein passport helps nanoparticles get past immune system (Penn News)

Viruses: more survival tricks than previously thought (EurekAlert)

Overlap and duplication of select agent registered facility inspections (GAO)

New study shows viruses can have immune systems (Tufts University)

2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory (National Academies)

Breakthrough could lead to drugs that better combat ‘superbugs’ (Argonne National Lab)

A DIY bioprinter is born (MIT Technology Review)

House backs renewal of biodefense initiatives; bill proceeds to Obama (NTI GSN)

Ancient fungi in sea floor could yield previously unknown antibiotics (Nature)

A vaccine that works in newborns? (Boston Children’s Hospital)