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Biodefense Headlines – April 16, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
April 16, 2017
GBD Biodefense Headlines

GBD Biodefense HeadlinesSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including antidotes for nerve agent attacks, synthetic bioterrorism, and protecting the food supply from intentional adulteration.

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Expert views on biological threat characterization for the U.S. government (Wiley)
  • Nobel scientist: when did we start to value killing over living? (Time)
  • Synthetic bioterrorism: US developing medical rapid response plan (GenLit)
  • Lawmakers propose emergency response fund for pandemics (Morning Consult)
  • Advancing new vaccines against pandemic influenza in low-resource countries (SD)
  • Why the Pentagon’s coming innovation reshuffle really matters (National Interest)
  • Salk professor criticizes disbanding of federal forensics (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  • Sierra Leone News: US Embassy hands over 7M testing lab (Awoko)
  • Disease outbreaks also pose tremendous threats to business (STAT)

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

  • Survivors of the gas attack in Syria face long-term illness (SciAm)
  • Syria chemical attack: British sample tests ‘detect sarin’ (Sky News)
  • Syria nerve gas attack points to US need for new antidote (Stars & Stripes)

SELECT AGENTS

  • 2013–2016 Ebola epidemic: data, decision-making and disease control (RSTB)
  • Determining resistance of F. tularensis to resazomycins (WVAS)
  • Protecting food against intentional adulteration (Food Safety Tech)
  • NIH study of Ebola patient traces disease progression and recovery (NIAID)
  • Fleas of black-footed ferrets and their potential role in movement of plague (WDA)
  • Evaluation of plant-produced humanized anti-ricin antibody (DRDC)
  • Screening vaccine candidates against intestinal botulism (PubMed)
  • Unique case of disseminated plague with multifocal osteomyelitis (PubMed)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Is Komodo dragon blood the key to new antibiotics? (BBC News)
  • Two live-attenuated Zika vaccines advance (CIDRAP)
  • Researchers develop powerful HIV antibody (Duke Global Health Institute)
  • Efficacy of delayed brincidofovir treatment against a lethal rabbitpox virus (SD)
  • Siemens awarded 8.9M to develop Zika test (360 Dx)
  • Simply put: Vaccination saves lives (PNAS)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • As measles surges in Europe, officials brace for a rough year (NPR)
  • A historic yellow fever outbreak spreads in Brazil (STAT)
  • A scope, a resistant germ, and missing data walk into a bar (Contagion Live)
  • Cholera spreading in Somalia, 50,000 cases foreseen: WHO (Reuters)
  • Why Chinese scientists are more worried than ever about bird flu (NPR)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Optical techniques to detect chemical and biological agents (Master CBRNe)
  • New CRISPR tool can detect tiny amounts of viruses (Science)
  • CRISPR cousin SHERLOCK may be able to track down diseases, scientists say (STAT)
  • Innovative sensor can screen toxic drugs (ScienMag)
  • Genomics is buried in too much data (Discover)
  • New report charts ways to expedite research during epidemics (SciAm)
  • Enhancement of Zika pathogenesis by preexisting antiflavivirus immunity (Science)
  • SPR system for on-site detection of biological warfare (Igenta Connect)

SPECIAL INTEREST + HISTORICAL

  • Presentations on the plague from the European Association of Archaeologists (Contagions Blog)
  • Anthrax cases associated with animal-hair shaving brushes (CDC)
  • Infectious Disease Mapping Challenge (Pandora Report)
  • Announcing the SB7.0 Biosecurity Fellowship Opportunity (JHSPH CHS)

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