Killing Anthrax More Quickly with Hot Air Decontamination
New method to decrease the amount of time it takes for hot air decontamination to kill bacterial spores, such as ...
Tag: Anthrax
Elusys Therapeutics Finalizes HHS Contract to Deliver Inhalation Anthrax Treatment
Elusys Therapeutics, which is being acquired by Heat Biologics, has finalized a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...
Stopping Lethal Anthrax Using an Enzyme to Disrupt the Bacterial Capsule
Scientists have demonstrated that modifying an enzyme produced by the bacterium that causes anthrax can protect mice from infection with ...
Penn State Researchers Will Map 700 of Anthrax Bacteria’s Closest Relatives
Study to enhance CDC’s capacity to rapidly detect emerging infectious disease agents To enhance the early detection of novel infectious ...
LexaGene Enters into CRADA with DoD to Foster Biothreat Detection Capabilities
LexaGene will work with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Chemical Biological Center to demonstrate the capabilities of the ...
NBACC: Past Bioagent Research Informs Current and Future Pandemic Response
Like many U.S. research and development agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) was forced to shift ...
US Must Unify Atmospheric Biology Research or Risk National Security
In the United States, research and monitoring of airborne organisms is split between an array of federal agencies. The USDA ...
Validated Methods for Removing Select Agent Samples from BSL-3 Labs
The Federal Select Agent Program dictates that all research entities in the United States must rigorously assess laboratory protocols to ...
Osama bin Laden’s “Anthrax Scientist” Freed by Malaysia
A Malaysian scientist who recruited terrorists for Islamic State and al-Qaeda and tried to help Osama bin Laden develop anthrax for use ...
Biological Terrorism in Indonesia
In mid-October 2019, the Indonesian police discovered that a cell of Jamaah Ansharud Daulah (JAD) – the largest pro-Islamic State (IS) network ...
Decontamination of Bacillus Spores from Drinking Water Infrastructure
A new report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Homeland Security Research program summarizes the results of decontamination ...
BARDA Exercises First Option in Transition from BioThrax to AV7909 Anthrax Vaccine
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised its first contract option with Emergent BioSolutions to procure doses ...
Researchers Optimize Novel Hexaplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Anthrax and Plague Pathogens
In a new study, researchers developed and evaluated a novel hexaplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of pathogenic B. anthracis and Y. pestis as ...
Collaboration Among BARDA, DTRA, USAMRIID and Spero to Advance SPR994
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it was awarded funding of $15.7 million, with the potential for up to an additional $28.5 ...
Screening Pentagon Mail and Parcels for Biothreats
Following the October 2001 confirmation of anthrax in official government mail, a series of screening processes were implemented to safeguard ...
Project BioShield: HHS Purchases Anthrax Countermeasure from Elusys Therapeutics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will ...
Tangen BioSciences’ Anthrax Diagnostic Awarded 3.2M BARDA Contract
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded funding to Tangen BioSciences for advanced development of the company’s ...
BARDA BAA 2018: Pandemic Influenza, Infectious Diseases, CBRN Countermeasures
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is soliciting proposals for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures ...
First Shipment of ANTHIM Anthrax Treatment Delivered to Strategic National Stockpile
Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the company has delivered the first doses of ANTHIM® (obiltoxaximab) Injection, its treatment for ...
Anthrax: DoD Develops Biological Select Agents and Toxins Surrogate Solution
The Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, ...
