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Biodefense Headlines – Nov 8, 2015

by Global Biodefense Staff
November 8, 2015
Biodefense Industry and Research News

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the emergence of Crimean-Congo fever, recombinant ricin vaccine clinical trial, the complexities of foodborne outbreaks, and more…

BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

  • Panel Says VP should manage U.S. biodefense efforts, but questions are raised (Bloomberg)
  • Biosecurity: The opportunities and threats of industrialization and personalization (BOTAS)
  • Alliance for Biosecurity response to blue ribbon panel recommendations .pdf (AFB)
  • Biodefense: Leadership and major reform needed to optimize efforts (Hudson Institute)
  • Ag industry ‘woefully underprepared’ for next big threat (Feedstuffs)
  • Podcast: Is U.S. biodefense system up to the growing challenges? (USDA)
  • Developing the next generation of biosecurity leadership (Bifurcated Needle)
  • Biosecurity in the age of Big Data: A conversation with the FBI (Society for Cell Biology)

CHEMICAL AGENTS

  • Chemical weapons used by fighters in Syria: OPCW report (NBC News)
  • Fort Detrick looking for possible remnants of Agent Orange (Army Times)
  • Investigating remnants of Agent Orange, radioactivity on post (Frederick News-Post)
  • Chemical weapons used in Syrian fighting (Sky News)

 INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

  • Statins may dampen response to flu vaccine (NY Times)
  • To prevent malaria in humans, scientists try protecting pigs (NY Times)
  • Study suggests unprecedented 3-week hepatitis C cure (Science AAAS)
  • Pfizer partners with South Africa to produce pneumococcal vaccine (Reuters)
  • Taming wild polio virus (Tracking Zebra)

SELECT AGENT RESEARCH

  • Early clinical trial shows promise for recombinant ricin vaccine (CIDRAP)
  • The Bacillus anthracis exosporium: what’s the big “hairy” deal? (PubMed)
  • Safety and immunogenicity of ricin vaccine in a Phase 1 clinical trial (Science Direct)
  • Use of ChAd3-EBO-Z Ebola virus vaccine in Malian and US adults (The Lancet)
  • Emergence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (Oxford Journals)
  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever spreads across India (Outbreak News Today)
  • Inhibition of Ebola and Marburg virus entry (Journal of Virology)
  • Characterization of Marburg virus infection following aerosol challenge (Journal of Virology)
  • Formula developed for vaccines against all hemorrhagic viruses (VOA)
  • Prior Inoculation with Type B strains of Francisella tularensis (PLOS One)
  • Purification and dose-dependent toxicity study of abrin (PubMed)

INFECTION CONTROL

  • Infection preventionists report increased preparedness since Ebola outbreak (Healio)
  • Diminishing returns with healthcare worker influenza vaccination? (UPMC CBN)
  • The room lottery: why your hospital room can make you sick (IPC Reflections)
  • Surface antimicrobial decon products for use against the H1N1 flu (EPA)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions (NY Times)
  • Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declared free of disease (BBC)
  • Cholera Crisis: A neglected disease is back in the headlines (NPR)
  • West Nile virus still wiping out birds across North America (Science/AAAS)
  • Foodborne outbreaks: More complex, deadlier, harder to Stop (NatGeo)

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

  • Antibiotics: How India wasted the wonder cure (HuffPost)
  • Roche team develops armed antibody in antibiotic fight (Reuters)
  • Antibody-antibiotic duo nabs hidden staph (C&EN)

RADIOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR THREATS

  • DHS invests in wearables that can detect nuclear threats (NextGov)
  • Korea has developed nuclear-capable missiles capable of hitting the US (Business Insider)

INDUSTRY NEWS

  • Struggling XOMA divests biodefense program to Nanotherapeutics (BioSpace)
  • Emergent BioSolutions reports 3Q+9 financial results (Emergent)
  • AstraZeneca launches new FluMist Quadrivalent flu vaccine (Fierce Vaccines)
  • Luminex announces earnings results, beats expectations by $0.11 (DFN)
  • PharmAthene reports 3Q loss (CNBC)

DETECTION & PROTECTION

  • Putting DNA diagnostics on paper (C&EN)
  • UK MoD requests information on aircrew protection and PPE (CBRNe World)
  • We need you to design the systems that help save lives (HHS Idea Lab)

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