Bacteria That Causes Melioidosis Confirmed in Environmental Samples in Mississippi Gulf Coast
A bacteria that causes melioidosis has been found in the soil and water for the first time in the continental ...
Tag: Select Agents
Poxvirus Proteins Enable Early Strike on Immune Defences
Pox viruses are able to get a head start on infecting a host by delivering a package of proteins that ...
US Starts Clinical Trial for mRNA Nipah Virus Vaccine
The experimental Nipah virus vaccine (mRNA-1215) is manufactured by Moderna, Inc. and was developed in collaboration with NIAID’s Vaccine Research ...
Monkeypox Cases Prompt Additional Contracts for Bavarian Nordic Vaccine
Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine is approved for use against monkeypox by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. ...
Federal Select Agent Program Clarifies Requirements for Botulinum Neurotoxin Gene Constructs
The Federal Select Agent Program, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Select Agents and Toxins, ...
New Research on Building Blocks of Poxviruses Could Lead to Antiviral Drugs
Scientists uncover how poxviruses form their protein scaffold from a building block called D13, which could lead to the development ...
NIAID Funding Available for Biocontainment Facility Improvements
NIAID supports Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Infrastructure as a key component of our mission to safely and effectively ...
NIH Awards $3M Grant to Albany Med for Plague Vaccine Development
Albany Medical College scientists have been awarded a $3 million, five-year federal grant to develop a vaccine that could protect ...
Ebola Virus Can ‘Hide Out’ in the Brain After Treatment and Cause Recurrent Infections
The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without causing symptoms and ...
Emergency Response Missions for Recovered Chemical Warfare Material
A group of seasoned U.S. Army civilians are often called to respond on short notice when suspected recovered chemical warfare ...
CARA Microbiologists Safeguard Against Biological Threat Agents
Microbiologists from the CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA), an all-civilian deployable asset housed within the the 20th CBRNE Command ...
Appili Awarded $10M in New Biodefense Funding for Tularemia Vaccine Candidate
DoD funding aims to advance F. tularensis biodefense vaccine candidate to IND submission Appili Therapeutics Inc. announced this week that ...
U.S. Government to Conduct Sweeping Review of Biosecurity Policy Frameworks
The Biden Administration and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials have initiated a review of the scope and effectiveness of ...
USAMRIID Scientist Wins AMSUS Research and Development
Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, Ph.D., a molecular biologist and principal investigator at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases ...
Novel Antibiotic Shows Success in Treatment of Plague and Melioidosis
Leading scientists at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory have made an exciting new discovery in the fight against some of ...
USAMRIID Study Reveals Ebola Virus Can Hide in Brain
In a groundbreaking study, scientists describe how Ebola virus, which can persist in certain areas of the body, can re-emerge ...
Submit Comments on Draft Policy Statement for BSL-4 Laboratory Verification
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening ...
Bucknell Researchers Head to Uganda to Study African Bats’ Immune Response to Ebola Virus
In 2021, Bucknell University biology professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute ...
NIAID Pandemic Preparedness Plan Aims to Bolster Studies for ‘Prototype’ Pathogens
According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' new Pandemic Preparedness Plan, the institute will direct its preparedness ...
Cellular Receptors Identified for Eastern Equine Encephalitis
A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School has identified a set of cellular receptors for at least ...
