There are only two days left to complete the CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge. Sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), the challenge calls on [Read more]
Malaria is ranked by the Department of Defense as the number one infectious disease threat to military personnel deployed to areas where malaria is endemic. This includes countries spanning the tropical and [Read more]
The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool’s power, and has developed a miniature paper test that allows results to [Read more]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is conducting market research on all qualified vendors of business intelligence software for influenza vaccine supply chain [Read more]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking a vendor who can obtain anonymous pre- and post-immunization sera from specified age-groups of Europeans. The study must be conducted in a [Read more]
The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a Webinar, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 12:30 PM ET, in support of the anticipated Biostasis [Read more]
Boston-based cancer company Partner Therapeutics, Inc. (PTx) has acquired the global rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Leukine (sargramostim) from Sanofi. Leukine is an immuno-stimulant that promotes the growth and activation of [Read more]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the Pandemic Prevention Platform (P3) program in 2017, with the eventual goal of halting the spread of any infectious disease outbreak before it can escalate into a pandemic. [Read more]
U.S. Air Force Bioenvironmental Engineering (BE) specialists provide operational health risk assessment expertise to enhance a commander’s decision making and health service support capabilities. This is achieved by identifying health hazards, potential [Read more]
An analytical technology that may impact how medical professionals predict, diagnose and treat disease has earned the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory an award for excellence in technology transfer by the Federal Laboratory [Read more]
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