The American Society for Microbiology’s 2019 ASM Biothreats meeting will be held January 29–31, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. This leading annual event, formerly known as the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting, [Read more]
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is developing a strategic framework to advance tuberculosis (TB) research and development for the next five years and beyond. The NIAID TB Strategic [Read more]
The 4th Annual Biodefense World Summit will be held June 27-29, 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland. The event brings together stakeholders from government, academia, and industry for compelling discussions and networking opportunities. Conference [Read more]
Researchers have developed a new non-human primate (NHP) animal model to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral disease spread by ticks in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. [Read more]
The Nonclinical Studies Network is a key element in the successful development of U.S. medical countermeasures for biological threats, particularly since efficacy of products directed against most of these threats cannot be [Read more]
Scientists from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, working with colleagues from the University of Washington and Columbia University, have published study results on a new Ebola virus (EBOV) mouse [Read more]
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is seeking input from the public and private sectors on research ideas to facilitate the development of drugs to help mitigate antibiotic resistance. There [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including pandemic simulations, Canada’s anthrax vaccine stockpile, animal feed biosecurity, and CRISPR’s promise for better animal models. BIOPREPAREDNESS Assessing the epidemic potential of [Read more]
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) this week provided an update to its research topics of special interest for funding via Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and Small Business Innovation [Read more]
The U.S. Army’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and Sanofi Pasteur this week announced a collaborative agreement for the development of a Zika vaccine candidate. WRAIR scientists and collaborators are [Read more]
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