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For the first time, researchers from the U.S. and abroad have identified the H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in Korea. They report their findings in the November 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. (Science Daily)
Novel Drug-antidote Combination Shown Safe In Humans Nov 18, 2006
(December 10, 2004) -- A potential vaccine for the deadly toxin ricin, a "Category B" biological agent, will enter the first phase of clinical testing in coming weeks at UT Southwestern Medical Center at. . (Science Daily)
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Among the department s responsibilities would be administering vaccinations if there were a terrorist attack involving a biological agent, such as anthrax. Ordinarily, the Armory flu clinic would involve half a dozen administrative staffers and four to six nurses, Tucker-Marshall said. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Scientists Find Mutations That Let Bird Flu Adapt To Humans Nov 17, 2006
By comparing influenza viruses found in birds with those of the avian virus that have also infected human hosts, researchers have identified key genetic changes required for pandemic strains of bird flu. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of pathobiological sciences and a virologist, is an expert on the influenza virus. (Science Daily)
10 Million People A Year Are Affected By Zoonotic Viruses Spread By Non-human Hosts Nov 9, 2006
Doctors and veterinarians need to work together to tackle the increasing global threat of zoonotic viral diseases spread by non-human vertebrate hosts -- including dogs, cattle, chickens and mosquitoes - according to a review in the November issue of Journal of Internal Medicine. An estimated 50 million people acquired zoonotic diseases between 2000 and 2005 and up to 78,000 have died, reports Dr Jonathan Heeney, Chair of the Department of Virology at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in... (Science Daily)
Green Plants Share Bacterial Toxin Nov 9, 2006
A toxin that can make bacterial infections turn deadly is also found in higher plants, researchers at UC Davis, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. and the University of Nebraska have found. (Science Daily)
Rare Infections After Medically Induced Abortions Likely Not Drug-related Nov 8, 2006
Since 2000, five women in North America who had medically induced abortions (MIAs) died from toxic shock caused by a Clostridium sordellii infection. This has led some people to question the safety of the combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol frequently used in MIA procedures. (Science Daily)
High rabbit numbers worry graziers Nov 6, 2006
"Definitely need some finance to support a scientific team to get a good handle on RHD so we know whether any resistance is developing. "Desperately need another biological agent, the most likely chance of getting success would be another biological agent. " ABC Top Stories | This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, CNN andthe BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Time which is 11 hours ahead of... (ABC News Online, Australia -- Rural)
Early-stage Immune System Control Of HIV May Depend On Inherited Factors Nov 5, 2006
How well an individual's immune system controls HIV during the earliest phases of infection appears to depend on both the specific versions of key immune-system molecules called HLA Class I that have been inherited, as well as on the fragments of viral protein those molecules display to the T lymphocytes that usually destroy infected cells. In a report in the November issue of PLOS Medicine, researchers from the Partners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (PARC/MGH) report... (Science Daily)
Experimental Vaccine Protects Mice Against Deadly 1918 Flu Virus Oct 25, 2006
Federal scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against the killer 1918 influenza virus. They also have created a technique for identifying antibodies that neutralize this virus, a tool that could help contain future pandemic flu strains. (Science Daily)
Biological agent detected in St. Louis, but threat called unlikely Oct 19, 2006
ST. LOUIS (AP) An air monitoring system near Busch Stadium detected levels of the biological agent tularemia, but city officials said the agent is naturally occurring and there was no indication of terrorism or wrongdoing. Particles of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, were detected Monday by a sensor a few blocks from the ballpark, where the Cardinals and New York Mets were playing Game 5 of the National League Championship Series Tuesday. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Faster, More Accurate Tuberculosis Test Developed Oct 17, 2006
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Imperial College London, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, in Lima, Peru, and other institutions have developed a simple and rapid new tuberculosis (TB) test. The test, called microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility or MODS, is more sensitive, faster and cheaper to perform than current culture-based tests. (Science Daily)
Controlling Antibiotics And Antibiotic Resistance In Hospitals Oct 13, 2006
In one of the first national studies on guidelines that control antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in hospitals, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Richard Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center report that hospitals that follow national guidelines on controlling antibiotic use have lower rates of antibiotic resistance. In a study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the... (Science Daily)
Nanotechnology To Stop Weaponized Anthrax In Its Tracks Oct 10, 2006
Clemson University chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed such a countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax, a biological agent used by a terrorist or terrorists that killed five Americans in 2001. The Clemson team s findings are published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. (Science Daily)
Researchers Develop Technologies To Devour Food Pathogens Oct 10, 2006
Purdue University researchers are developing two inexpensive technologies that may be able to prevent future food-borne illness, such as the recent outbreak of E. coli in contaminated spinach. Together, these technologies rapidly detect and eradicate food-borne pathogens. (Science Daily)
School buses filling up with alternative fuels Oct 2, 2006
Most of those 15 systems are using the fuel a biological agent mixed with traditional diesel because they get more money from the state. The Department of Education reimburses counties up to 95 percent of their fuel costs if they can prove they use an alternative fuel. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Solved: The Mystery Of Flesh-eating Bacteria's Relentless Attack Sep 29, 2006
A Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar in Israel has discovered one reason why so-called flesh-eating bacteria are so hard to stop. Emanuel Hanski, a microbiologist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and colleagues have found that the success of group A Streptococcus is due in part to a protein that blocks the immune system's distress calls. (Science Daily)
Researchers Link Deadliness Of 1918 Flu To Severe Immune System Response Sep 29, 2006
The H1N1 influenza strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic causes a severe immune-system response that likely is what makes the virus so deadly to a host animal or person, according to a new study appearing in the Oct. 5 issue of the journal Nature. The research counters the conventional wisdom on the 1918 flu -- that a secondary infection from another virus helped make the pandemic one of the deadliest in the modern era. (Science Daily)
'Imported' Pollution Tied To Poor Air Quality In Texas In 2004 Sep 22, 2006
Imported' Pollution Tied To Poor Air Quality In Texas In 2004. Scientists using NASA satellites and other data including computer models and ground sensors have demonstrated that pollutants traveling even thousands of miles can impact air quality. (Science Daily)
Organic Semiconductors Make Cheap, Flexible Photovoltaics And LEDs Sep 22, 2006 Interview of the Vice President by Tim Russert, NBC News, Meet the Press Sep 11, 2006 Malaria Treatment Efficacy Compromised In Certain HIV-positive Patients Sep 10, 2006 Making Skies Safer Sep 9, 2006 Bush: Detainee Policy Saves Lives Sep 8, 2006 President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists Sep 7, 2006 Details revealed surrounding arrests of 9/11 suspects Sep 7, 2006 Analysis Of Spanish Flu Cases In 1918-1920 Suggests Transfusions Might Help In Bird Flu Pandemic Aug 31, 2006 Mortality Rate Is Twice As High In Patients With Pneumonia Caused By Highly Resistant Bacteria Aug 30, 2006 Dogs And Smog Don't Mix: Pets In Homes May Lead To Increased Rates Of Bronchitis In Children Aug 30, 2006 Cooling Towers May Host New Pathogens Aug 29, 2006 Patient-specific cancer treatment created Aug 29, 2006 Biologist Trying To Crack Communication Code Of Proteins Aug 23, 2006 Researchers Seek To Solve Mystery Of Natural HIV Control Aug 20, 2006 Bird Flu Study Highlights Need To Vaccinate Flocks Effectively Aug 20, 2006 Movie Spies On Malaria Parasite's Sneaky Behavior Aug 8, 2006 Autonomous Lenses May Bring Microworld Into Focus Aug 4, 2006 Dengue Virus Reveals Its Circular Secret Aug 3, 2006 Human Behavior Changes The Number Of Strains Of Infectious Diseases Jul 27, 2006 Coming Soon To Your Cell Phone: Emergency Alerts From Homeland Security Jul 22, 2006 Don't Use Antibiotics For Runny Noses, Say Researchers Jul 22, 2006 Powdery substance in Rowlett post office found to be gypsum Jul 16, 2006 Saddam Hussein's Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Death Jul 14, 2006 Was There Life On Mars? Shiny Rock Coating May Hold The Answer Jul 6, 2006 Goldberg's War Jul 1, 2006 MicroFluidic Systems Moves to New Facility in Fremont, CA Jun 29, 2006 No Risk-free Level Of Exposure To Secondhand Smoke, Surgeon General Says Jun 28, 2006 Lockheed Martin Shapes Vision for Future Transportation System Jun 24, 2006 The lame duck and the greenhorn Jun 23, 2006 Cheney: Terror attacks warded off Jun 21, 2006 Federal workers' data stolen Jun 21, 2006 V.P. Dick Cheney 'Rights' Balance of Power Jun 21, 2006 Vice President's Remarks at the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize Luncheon Followed by Q&A Jun 20, 2006 Police officer ordered held Jun 17, 2006 Infected for life: How the Herpes Simplex Virus Uses MicroRNA to Hide Out in Cells Jun 14, 2006 UM breast cancer therapy hailed Jun 10, 2006 Researchers Discover Possible HIV Therapy In An Animal Study Jun 10, 2006 More Than Drought Affecting Wheat Yields Jun 9, 2006 Brits fear nerve gas terror attack Jun 4, 2006 No More Ricin Found on Property Jun 3, 2006 Telltale Toenails: Dartmouth Study Finds That Arsenic Inhibits DNA Repair May 28, 2006 Gene That Shuts Down Immune System Found In 20 Percent Of People Of African Descent May 7, 2006 'Amplification' Strategy May be Key to Combating West Nile Virus May 6, 2006 MOVIE REVIEW: 'Mission: Impossible 3' May 6, 2006 Mulesing replacement trial axed Apr 26, 2006 Roots To Shoots: University Of Georgia Researchers Discover Way To Transport Environmental Arsenic To Plant Leaves In New Environmental Clean-up Strategy Apr 12, 2006 Nanoparticles May Pose Threat To Liver Cells, Say Scientists Apr 6, 2006 Avian Flu Modeled On Supercomputer, Explores Vaccine And Isolation Options For Thwarting A Pandemic Apr 5, 2006 Researchers Seek Answers To Combat TB Epidemic; Solution May Lie In A Protective Protein Mar 26, 2006 Interview of the Vice President by Bob Schieffer, CBS News Face The Nation Mar 20, 2006 Minor Mutations In Avian Flu Virus Increase Chances Of Human Infection Mar 19, 2006 Outsmarting The Smartie Bug: Complete Description Of Pneumococcal Vaccine Targets Mar 14, 2006 Government Study Shows U.S. Port Vulnerability Mar 13, 2006 Australia under bird flu flightpath Mar 11, 2006 Australia 'not high risk for bird flu' Mar 10, 2006 Virginia Bioinformatics Institutes Launches Microbial Database Mar 9, 2006 Finding A Virus Is Not All Bad News Mar 8, 2006 Researchers To Scrutinize Megacity Pollution During Mexico City Field Campaign Mar 4, 2006 Worker Feels Burning From Complaint Letter Feb 22, 2006 Team Tests In-The-Field Aircraft Decontamination Procedures on F-16 Feb 17, 2006
(September 14, 2005) -- Researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices have demonstrated solar-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that hold promise for universal biological agent detection. Once. (Science Daily)
Live H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Vaccines Show Protection In Animal Studies Sep 14, 2006
-- A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its. . (Science Daily)
We had to take that and also the fact of their interest in weapons of mass destruction and recognize at that time -- it was the threat then and it's the threat today that drives much of our thinking -- that the real threat is the possibility of a cell of al Qaeda in the midst of one of our cities with a nuclear weapons, or a biological agent. In that case, you'd be dealing -- for example, if on 9/11 they had a nuke instead of airplanes, you'd have been looking at a casualty toll that would rival... (PR Newswire)
A weakened immune response resulting from HIV infection can lead to trouble when it comes to treating malaria, according to a new study appearing in the Oct. 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. "Our study demonstrates that HIV-1 infected patients with suppressed immunity represent, next to children and pregnant women, an additional vulnerable group for malaria," says Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, MD, MSc, lead author of the article. (Science Daily)
"The nightmare scenario for general aviation: small airplane packed with explosives, or a small airplane carrying a biological agent flies over a major city. The warning time is not going to be there," Crowley says. MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News)
During questioning, KSM admitted that he had met three individuals involved in al-Qaida's efforts to produce anthrax, a deadly biological agent and he identified one of the individuals as a terrorist named Yazid. KSM apparently believed we already had this information, because Yazid had been captured and taken into foreign custody before KSM's arrest. (Investors Business Daily)
During questioning, KSM admitted that he had met three individuals involved in al Qaeda's efforts to produce anthrax, a deadly biological agent -- and he identified one of the individuals as a terrorist named Yazid. KSM apparently believed we already had this information, because Yazid had been captured and taken into foreign custody before KSM's arrest. (White House News Releases)
That tip led CIA interrogators to question Yasid, who in turn gave up two partners who were planning to acquire and deploy anthrax, a deadly biological agent. (Distributed by Scripps-McClatchy Western Service. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Transfusions with blood products taken from people who had recovered from Spanish influenza may have reduced risk for death and improved symptoms of hospitalized patients who contracted Spanish influenza complicated by pneumonia. Early treatment was superior to later treatment. (Science Daily)
Patients suffering from hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by a type of bacteria that is highly resistant to virtually all antibiotics are twice as likely to die as patients infected with other, less resistant bacteria. A study published recently in the journal Critical Care shows for the first time that the highly resistant, metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with a much higher mortality rate than other types of the bacteria in patients with hospital-acquired... (Science Daily)
-- Air pollution is a broad term applied to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the. . (Science Daily)
Cooling towers may be hot spots where new forms of disease-causing bacteria emerge, scientists report. Sharon G. Berk and colleagues set out to determine whether cooling towers -- fixtures that extract waste heat and provide cooled water for air-conditioning, manufacturing and electric power generation -- encourage a worrisome relationship between amoebae and bacterial pathogens of amoebae (single-celled organisms that dwell in water). (Science Daily)
The ultimate cure for cancer will come from the discovery of something that makes ALL (not just some) cancer cells different than normal healthy cells - and developing a chemical or biological agent that will seek out those specific characteristics and kill the cell. For example, researchers in South Africa recently discovered that HIV virus cells overwhelm virus-fighting T-Cells by 'exhausting' them. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Dr. Ray Larsen is trying to learn a second language. The Bowling Green State University biologist wants to crack the communication code of proteins, especially the ones whose "talking" aids and abets disease. (Science Daily)
An international, multi-institutional research consortium is seeking to discover how a few HIV-infected individuals are naturally able to suppress replication of the virus. The Elite Controller Collaborative Study, the first large-scale haplotype-mapping study in people infected with HIV, is searching for genetic factors that may explain these individuals' unique ability to control the virus without treatment, sometimes as long as 25 years after infection. (Science Daily)
Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found. The research shows that even though the available vaccines are effective on individual birds, the disease is likely to spread unless almost all of a flock has been protected. (Science Daily)
Posted: August 7, 2006. Malaria has been outsmarting the human immune system for centuries. (Science Daily)
In a lab-on-a-chip environment, for example, a researcher might want to detect a potentially hazardous chemical or biological agent in a tiny fluid sample. Using traditional sensors on microchips is an option for this kind of work-but liquid environments often aren't kind to the electronics, says Jiang. (Science Daily)
Posted: August 2, 2006. The first step in the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses is no mystery: it's the pesky insect's bite that allows the virus to enter its victim's bloodstream. (Science Daily)
-- In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or. (Science Daily)
In response to a traffic accident or a biological agent release, SquareLoop can send messages only to those people in the vicinity of the affected area, even days afterward. Emergency response teams can designate, on mapping software, the area in which a given message applies. (InformationWeek)
Posted: July 21, 2006. Antibiotics should not be given to patients with acute purulent rhinitis (a runny nose with coloured discharge), a familiar feature of the common cold, concludes a study published on bmj. (Science Daily)
The Garland Regional Response Team, contracted to respond to explosive and chemical or biological agent calls in Mesquite, Rowlett and a six county area in North Texas, removed a sampling of the chemical and tested the substance on the scene. About 25 employees in processing were those exposed to the substance, said Craig Kelly, Rowlett manager of public information. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Former weapons inspector David Kay declared on October 2, 2003 that U.S. personnel discovered a vial of live C. botulinum Okra B. from which a biological agent can be produced. This was, Kay said, hidden in the home of an Iraqi biological weapons researcher. (Human Events Online)
ScienceDaily: Was There Life On Mars. Shiny Rock Coating May Hold The Answer. (Science Daily)
Goldberg's hysteria peaked when it came to his claims regarding Saddam's weaponization of a biological agent called aflatoxin. Aflatoxin, he wrote on October 3, 2002 in Slate. (Harper's Magazine)
The new facility will be the center for MFSI's continuing development of its air-borne pathogen detection systems for the Department of Homeland Security's Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) "The move to the new facility represents the significant growth that MFSI is experiencing with its large new contracts from HSARPA," commented Dr. M. Allen Northrup, MFSI President and CEO. "We now have all the capabilities to produce the prototype systems for autonomous biological agent detection,... (PR Newswire)
Posted: June 27, 2006. U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona today issued a comprehensive scientific report which concludes that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. (Science Daily)
By leveraging proven technologies from the defense and law enforcement arenas, including biometric credentialing, high- level physical security, chemical and biological agent detection, and integrated domain awareness, the Corporation has brought significant technological sophistication to our nation's air, ground and sea transportation. More recent projects include: * New air traffic management technologies that are saving air carriers time in the sky and millions of dollars in fuel. (PR Newswire)
Why should terrorists resort to intercontinental ballistic missiles that are costly and difficult to launch when a small bottle of biological agent can do more damage at a tiny fraction of the cost. A recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization study shows that the costs of conventional weapons ($2,000), nuclear armaments ($800), and chemical agents ($600) would far outstrip the bargain-basement price of biological weapons ($1) to produce 50% casualties per square kilometer (prices at 1969... (Asia Times Online)
Biggest terrorism threatCheney said the biggest terrorism threat now is the possibility of an al-Qaida cell armed with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent in the middle of one of our own cities. . (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Grassley's criticism of Energy Department security came a day after Vice President Cheney said the largest terrorist threat the U.S. faces is the possibility of "an al-Qaeda cell armed with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent in the middle of one of our own cities.". Since 9/11, the Energy Department and its National Nuclear Security Administration has grappled with security weaknesses that ranged from napping guards to the physical problem of how to safeguard millions of pounds of classified... (USA Today -- Money)
Cheney said the biggest terrorism threat now "is the possibility of an al-Qaida cell armed with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent in the middle of one of our own cities.". Cheney defended his comment last year, often ridiculed by administration critics, that the Iraqi insurgency was "in its final throes.". (Newsmax)
After 9/11, we adopted a very aggressive strategy that involved a range of activities, but most especially going after the terrorists wherever we could find them on their ground, going after states that sponsored terror, given the fact that the biggest threat now is the possibility of an al Qaeda cell armed with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent in the middle of one of our own cities, the WMD issue. And it has been very important. (White House News Releases)
Other calls purported to be from the Earth Liberation Front, claiming that a "biological agent" had been set in a public place, court records show. Copyright. (SunSpot.net)
Posted: June 13, 2006. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered part of the reason why cold sores, caused by a herpes virus, come back again and again. (Science Daily)
Hurley's treatment involves a combination of two cancer drugs -- cisplatin and docetaxel -- with the biological agent Herceptin given over 12 weeks. In most cases, that combination shrinks the tumors dramatically, so that surgery can remove the rest. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Posted: June 9, 2006. Researchers have published a new study this week suggesting an important component of the immune system damaged by AIDS can possibly be replaced. (Science Daily)
Posted: June 8, 2006. Wheat producers have more than the drought cutting into their yields this year, said two Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers. (Science Daily)
The Sunday Express said police were hunting for a device that could release either the chemical agent sarin or the deadly biological agent anthrax, with police chiefs revealing it is believed to "be primed and ready to go". The Sunday Telegraph said MI5 domestic intelligence agents suspect that al-Qaeda sympathizers intended to produce a nerve agent probably sarin and release it in a closed space such as in an underground train. (iAfrica.com)
Officials said they believe homeowner William Matthews has been making the bombs and the deadly biological agent. Matthews remained in Metro Jail on unrelated charges. (NewsChannel5.com)
Posted: May 27, 2006. Dartmouth researchers, working with scientists at the University of Arizona and at the Department of Natural Resources in Sonora, Mexico, have published a study on the impact of arsenic exposure on DNA damage. (Science Daily)
Caspase-12 is a molecule with a death-wish. Found only in people of African descent, this protein shuts down our body's immune system, opening the door to potentially lethal infections. (Science Daily)
Amplification' Strategy May be Key to Combating West Nile Virus. The spread of West Nile Virus appears to be triggered by a complex interaction of mosquitoes, nesting birds and specific weather patterns, scientists say, which leads to "amplification" of the virus within mosquito populations. (Science Daily)
As Cruise and his gang attempt to track down a mysterious "rabbit's foot," which may or may not involve a lethal biological agent, it's easy to even forget what they're looking for. There's a hint that this secret substance is really bad -- an "anti-God" formula -- but that premise gets dropped early on. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
But the trials have now been dumped, with AQIS warning the biological agent poses a biosecurity risk and could carry mad cow disease. AWI's Scott Williams says while it is costly to lose the research, other trials are in progress. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Rural)
Posted: April 11, 2006. Environmental arsenic pollution is a serious and growing environmental problem, especially on the Indian subcontinent. (Science Daily)
Posted: April 5, 2006. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are to study the effects of nanoparticles on the liver. (Science Daily)
Posted: April 4, 2006. Using supercomputers to respond to a potential national health emergency, scientists have developed a simulation model that makes stark predictions about the possible future course of an avian influenza pandemic, given today s environment of world-wide connectivity. (Science Daily)
Posted: March 25, 2006. Most Americans think of tuberculosis as a disease of the past, but with HIV and drug-resistant strains fueling epidemics in India and Africa, TB kills someone every six seconds across the world. (Science Daily)
And we know now that the biggest threat that we face of all isn't just another 9/11, it's a 9/11 where the terrorists have something like nuclear weapons, or a deadly biological agent to use against us. The Iraq situation has to be viewed within the broader context of the global war on terror. (PR Newswire)
-- A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its. . (Science Daily)
Posted: March 13, 2006. New tools in the fight against pneumococci -- the bugs targeted by vaccines recently announced by the Department of Health -- are described by a team led by scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. (Science Daily)
An anonymous e-mail had claimed a container filled with tons of lemons was deliberately contaminated with a biological agent. The lemons were fumigated and burned, but no trace of poison was ever found; the containers also were destroyed. (Fox News -- Politics)
" Dr Murray said migratory birds would need to infect nomadic wild birds like ducks and water fowl, which would then need to pass it to production birds such as chickens. However, while Australia's strict biosecurity laws and tight surveillance favoured keeping the disease out, he said, authorities could not afford to be complacent. "It is important to remember we are dealing with a biological agent, and it is virtually impossible to know with absolute certainty how it will continue to evolve... (NEWS.com.au)
" Dr Murray said migratory birds would need to infect nomadic wild birds like ducks and water fowl, which would then need to pass it to production birds such as chickens. Australia's strict biosecurity laws and tight surveillance favoured keeping the disease out, he said, but authorities could not afford to be complacent. "It is important to remember we are dealing with a biological agent, and it is virtually impossible to know with absolute certainty how it will continue to evolve and spread,"... (Australian)
Posted: March 8, 2006. Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have launched a publicly-available microbial database to host a range of microbial genome sequences. (Science Daily)
Posted: March 7, 2006. Questions around the movement and population size changes of Kiwis, Tuatara and other New Zealand wildlife over the past hundred years have been continually studied by conservationists and scientists. (Science Daily)
-- Air pollution is a broad term applied to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the. . (Science Daily)
The woman was released at the scene and Orange County Fire Authority haz-mat crews did not find any biological agent on the letter, Hatford said. The case has been turned over to the FBI.. (CBS2.com, CA)
The goal is to return the aircraft to service quickly, should it ever be exposed to a chemical or biological agent. "We've taken an old F-16, we've contaminated it with a simulant for chemicals and a simulant for a biological agent and we've practiced these potential decontamination procedures, said Lt. Col. Ed Cassidy, Joint Strike ITF director. Otto Zahn, test director for the chemical/biological tests, explained one of the final stages of the testing. "We laid down chemical on the outside of... (DefenceTalk)
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