Nobody is Checking for Violations of the Biological Weapons Convention
A global treaty bans development or stockpiling of biological weapons — but allows biodefense planning. Scientists are making dramatic progress ...
Tag: Select Agents
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 ...
The First Human Case of Marburg Virus in West Africa Highlights Importance of Quickly Detecting Spillover Events
The first case of fatal Marburg virus disease was identified in Guinea, West Africa on 9 August 2021. Marburg is ...
Phase 1 Trial Begins for Oxford University’s ChAdOx1 Plague Vaccine
Researchers are recruiting healthy volunteers for a Phase I clinical trial (PlaVac) to test a new candidate vaccine against plague, ...
NEIDL Director: Here’s Why You Can Feel Safe About Our Research
Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases ...
USAMRIID Scientists Continue Critical Work Against Select Agents While Aiding Pandemic Response
Since 1969, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Md., has been using science ...
Novel Therapy for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) scientists are working as part of an international consortium have developed ...
Duke University Develops Portable Diagnostic to Detect Early Biomarkers of Ebola Virus
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Duke University has developed a highly sensitive and rapid diagnostic test for Ebola virus ...
DoD Testing Shows Bio-Agents Degrade Rapidly in Open Air
The experiments revealed that in open air, simulants decayed 10 to 1,000 times faster than in laboratory settings. These data ...
2021 BAA for Development of Medical Countermeasures for Biological Threats
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is soliciting research ...
Why Ebola is Back in Guinea and Why the Response Must Be Different This Time
New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This ...
VIDO Gains Support Towards Becoming Canadian Centre for Pandemic Research
The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $15 million to support the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s ...
Thin Film Freezing Shows Efficacy for Biodefense Countermeasures Against Alphaviruses and Filoviruses
TFF Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative drug products based on its patented thin-film ...
BioFactura Funded $13M Contract Option for Smallpox Biodefense Therapeutic
BioFactura, Inc. today announced a contract option activation of over $13 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ...
Ebola Strikes West Africa Again: Key Questions and Lessons from the Past
News of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing. The last in West Africa occurred between 2014 ...
One Drug to Defeat All Filoviruses?
While vaccines for Ebola virus are being deployed and show high efficacy, pan-filoviral treatment is still lacking. Researchers have identified ...
Rapid Identification of Ricin in Serum Samples Using LC–MS/MS
The widespread availability of ricin, a protein derived from the seeds of the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) and its ...
Targeting the Shell of the Ebola Virus for a Knock-Out with Antivirals
How can we battle these infectious agents such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) that reproduce by hijacking cells and reprogramming ...
BARDA Awards Medical Countermeasures Clinical Studies Network Contracts
New contract awards by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) will support three integrated components of the Medical ...
Draft Policy Issued for Large Animal Outdoor Containment Select Agent Studies
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a draft policy statement ...
