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 ...
Tag: Select Agents
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 ...
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 ...
Q Fever Endocarditis and C. burnetii Infections in Greece
A new paper in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases finds serologic evidence of C. burnetii infection throughout Greece and identifies a new C. ...
Funding for Preclinical Development of Countermeasures Against Select Pathogens
A new funding opportunity from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Partnerships for Countermeasures Against Select Pathogens, ...
Promising Results from Phase 1 Trial of Equine Encephalitis Virus Vaccine
Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today topline results from the first-in-human trial of MVA-BN WEV, a prophylactic vaccine candidate against three ...
NIAID to Hold Closed Meeting on Biodefense Medical Countermeasure Funding
A Special Emphasis Panel of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of ...
Marburg Infection Protective Antibody Response Mechanism Uncovered
A detailed study of the monoclonal antibodies from a person who survived a Marburg infection led researchers to identify novel ...
New Universal Ebola Vaccine May Fight All Four Virus Species that Infect Humans
Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential universal vaccine for Ebola viruses that preclinical tests show might neutralize ...
