Tiny Avalanche Photodiode Detects Single UV Photons Feb 1, 2008
Once optimized, discrete detectors could be combined with the ultraviolet LEDs already pioneered by the Center for Quantum Devices to create an inexpensive detection system capable of identifying the unique spectral fingerprints of a biological agent attack ... 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. (Science Daily)
Europe Should Adopt WHO Recommendations For Particulate Matter Cuts, Experts Urge Jan 22, 2008
23, 2007) Air pollution is caused by any particulate matter, chemical or biological agent that changes the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Exposure to particulate matter has been linked to an. (Science Daily)
Scientists target antibiotic resistance Dec 23, 2007
A biological agent designed to knock out the target, if one was found, could be included in a disinfectant to be used in hospitals, Dr Firth said. But it would probably be at least 10 years before it was available, he said. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Palo Alto prepares for bioterrorism scenario Nov 11, 2007
Each person is part of a scenario that will play out all over town as the biological agent spreads, Cimino said. A safe Palo Alto is not something that should be taken for granted, Cimino pointed out. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
DeFazio pushing for ban of an Alabama-made poison Nov 10, 2007
The FBI has listed Compound 1080 as a potential tool for terrorists, and the Air Force says it is a likely biological agent, according to a letter DeFazio sent to colleagues seeking support of a ban. The owner of the Alabama-based Tull Chemical, Charles Wigley, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
For Your Benefit Oct 29, 2007
MRSA is a biological agent responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It can be caught from direct contact with an infected patient. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Town officials launch action plan to address 'superbug' concerns Oct 28, 2007
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA is a biological agent responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. MRSA is a type of staphylococcus aureus, "staph," bacterium that leaves a patient's body resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, including methicillin, oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health Web site, www. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
'Superbug' strikes Valley Oct 27, 2007
"That's the scary thing. It's up to us (community members) to find a way to combat it." Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a biological agent responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. MRSA is a type of staphylococcus aureus, "staph," bacterium that leaves a patient's body resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, including methicillin, oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health Web site, www. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Area officials stage bio-terrorism drill Oct 23, 2007
A flood of emergency vehicles waited in another lot, calculating the best way to contain the biological agent inside and decontaminate the area ... The drill at the mall lasted until the early hours of the morning, as the emergency response personnel practiced means of containing the biological agent ... The field exercise began Monday, as FBI agents were dispatched to the various hospitals to interview roughly 65 "victims" exhibiting symptoms caused from exposure to a biological agent, said... (King of Prussia Courier, PA)
The Almond and the Bee A global biological process begins with Joe Traynor... Oct 15, 2007
For these six weeks, it's more like $500-1,000 an hour," he says matter-of-factly. If a beekeeper finds his hives are suddenly dead, or his truck breaks down on the way to California, Traynor must be able to find replacement bees in hours. Timing is critical; if bees are delivered late, the beekeeper won't get paid. In the past few years, bee losses have been so high - and the bees that are still alive have been so weak - that some beekeepers have taken to flying in live bees from Australia to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Air Pollutants Linked Blood Clotting In Mice, Mechanism Identified Sep 24, 2007
Air pollution is caused by any particulate matter, chemical, or biological agent that changes the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Exposure to particulate matter has been linked to an increased risk of heart problems, including increased risk of heart attack. (Science Daily)
Report on TB case cites security gaps Sep 11, 2007
A report on the May incident involving an Atlanta lawyer who caused an international health scare found that the Centers for Disease Control lacks a sound way to prevent someone infected with a biological agent from entering or leaving the United States ... Since the Sept. 11 strikes, the government has focused on all types of possible threats and sought to find ways to best detect and counter biological agents. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Disaster drill tests Valley responders Aug 23, 2007
Bina Gibson of Wasilla portrays a terrorist who has been ejected from a van transporting a stolen biological agent. Disaster drill tests Valley responders. (Anchorage Daily News)
NYT: DRAWING FIRE, JUDY GIULIANI GIVES HER SIDE... Aug 5, 2007
(He praised her mastery of the way a surgical procedure is done or the way in which you seal a Level 1 trauma center off for a biological agent. . (The Drudge Report)
Save the Planet—Disappear Jul 23, 2007
Unlike most other man-made materials, no biological agent has yet evolved that can digest it. And while the sun's ultraviolet rays can break it down, so much plastic is buried or sunk that it will persist for eons. (BusinessWeek)
Baby and mom kicked off plane Jul 14, 2007
She saved another plane from attack after forcibly subduing another toddler who attempted to stab her repeatedly with a pacifier coated with a biological agent (closely resembling spit). I just pray that the Flight Attendent has a contraception failure and gets to bring a cranky toddler onto a plane. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
UC Mosquito Research Program Targets West Nile Virus Davis, Jul. 09 Jul 10, 2007
"Efficacy of a Native Biological Agent Against West Nile Vectors Inhabiting Constructed Treatment Wetlands," William Walton, UC Riverside Department of Entomology. "Biopesticidal Action of RH-2485 and the Formulations INTREPID, MACH-2, and CONFIRM on Culex Vectors of West Nile Virus Transmission," Nancy Beckage, UC Riverside Department of Entomology. (University of California Newswire, CA)
White power received in package delivered to IRS Jun 28, 2007
e do not think this is going to be anthrax or any other biological agent, but we have to treat this to the n-th degree, Herndon said, adding that a field test found the substance likely to be talcum powder. A mailroom employee who handled the letter went through decontamination procedures, Herndon said. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Airline Passengers Who Contaminate Cabins To Be Accurately Pinpointed May 26, 2007
"The goal is to be able to track the source if a person released a biological agent, such as anthrax, or inadvertently released a pathogen such as pandemic flu by sneezing, for example," he said. The research is supported by the Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airline Cabin Environment Research, established by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Science Daily)
MicroFluidic Systems (MFSI) Begins Phase III Contract to Prepare its Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector (BAND) System for Manufacturing May 24, 2007
Coupled with its on-going contract with DHS Science and Technology for the development of an instantaneous bioaerosol detection system (IBADS) and its stand-alone laboratory sample processing instruments, MFSI continues to offer a variety of solutions for automated biological agent detection. Practical applications for these technologies go beyond homeland security and biodefense to areas such as clinical diagnostics, emerging disease monitoring, industrial testing, forensics, and research. (PR Newswire)
Hazardous hummus: Post office powder is a Mediterranean treat May 16, 2007
If the substance had tested positive as a biological agent, the health department would have taken over the investigation and sent it to the state laboratory's bioterrorism lab in Cheyenne, said department spokesman Marty Thone. The substance-identification kit, Parks said, determined with 95 percent to 98 percent certainty that the substance was hummus. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Fish kill along Galveston Bay shores puzzles officials May 11, 2007
"It's been going on for almost three weeks now, and we're trying to get a sample up to College Station to do some analysis on." Tirpak said since most of the fish affected are catfish, officials are led to believe that the cause is likely a biological agent specific to those species rather than a water-quality issue such chemicals or other pollutants. If that were the case, "we'd see probably many more species involved," he said. (The Citizen - online, TX)
The real script doctors Apr 18, 2007
The show was interested in this scenario: Terrorists release a biological agent in a hotel air-conditioning system, making people sick in a matter of minutes and killing roughly 2,000 people within a few hours. They concocted a genetically engineered Cordella virus to do it, and wanted government officials to be able to wave an electronic device that could instantly detect the virus in the air. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Writer says new plates show blind devotion Apr 11, 2007
And when your faith is that strong, the leap from killing 3,000 people with a jumbo jet to killing 3,000,000 with a nuclear bomb or biological agent is insignificant - all for the greater glory of a fairy-tale being invent by individuals who also believed that the sun was the center of the universe and the earth itself was flat. " David Harris 6 wrote on April 05, 2007 6:06 AM:"GOD, in ALL its made up manifestations, has forever been an anchor on humanitys search for reason and provided an... (Northwest Indiana Times)
Handheld Instrument Assesses Dental Disease In Minutes Apr 2, 2007
We have on-going efforts to use the diagnostic platform to detect biotoxins and other markers in bodily fluids to be able to diagnose exposure to a biological agent. ""We've filed patents and technical advances to protect the work," Herr says. "The study has sparked commercial and university interest in our inventions. (Science Daily)
Safe Paints at Your Local Store Mar 31, 2007
A good rule of thumb is, if an additive is designed to kill some biological agent, it may not be all that good for you. Having said that, American pride is my all-time favorite paint. (Suite101.com)
Racist threats net 4 years Mar 17, 2007
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. Schools became his favorite target. (SunSpot.net)
Biological, nuclear attacks pose biggest threat to U.S.: Cheney Feb 24, 2007
In an interview with the Weekend n newspaper, Cheney said: "The thing that we have to concern ourselves with these days is that the next group of terrorists that find their way into an American city might have a nuclear weapon or a biological agent to unleash.". Defending certain controversial U.S. actions in the "war on terror," Cheney argued that leaders in Washington have to "do everything" they can to guard against that and may need to "step on a few toes in the process.". (People's Daily Online, China)
Interview of the Vice President by Greg Sheridan, the Australian Feb 24, 2007
And the thing that we have to concern ourselves with these days is that the next group of terrorists that find their way into an American city might have a nuclear weapon or a biological agent to unleash ... He had previously produced and used chemical weapons and biological agents and tried to produce nuclear weapons. (White House News Releases)
Defendant Sentenced to More Than 27 Years for Threatening Federal Prosecutor and Anthrax Hoax Feb 3, 2007
In the letter, Fuller claimed that the white powder was the biological agent Anthrax and was being sent to "get (the AUSA's) attention..." Fuller further demanded $250,000 in cash from the AUSA and a false letter from her admitting that the AUSA had lied and used false information in order to obtain Fuller's conviction. Fuller further threatened that associates of his outside of prison were "going to start killing off members of (the AUSA's) family until you comply." After numerous law... (PR Newswire)
Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early Feb 3, 2007
Studies in mice have indicated that the effects of prion disease could be reversed if caught early enough. The researchers said that their findings support developing early treatments that aim to reduce levels of prion protein in the brains of people with prion disease. (Science Daily)
WHO Revives Efforts To Eliminate Forgotten Disease: Yaws Jan 31, 2007
A neglected disease with a nearly forgotten name is making a comeback following a global control programme that almost eradicated it more than 40 years ago. Yaws, a disease which eats away at the skin, cartilage and bones of its victims (mostly children), is re-emerging in poor, rural and marginalized populations of Africa, Asia and South America. (Science Daily)
Professor: Federal law should close l... Jan 31, 2007
The law punishes with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment anyone who "knowingly develops, produces, stockpiles, transfers, acquires, retains, or possesses any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system for use as a weapon, or knowingly assists a foreign state or any organization to do so." ... Like the existing laboratory, scientists in the new building will handle biological agents, some of which have no known prevention or cure ... Members of a local Fort Detrick watchdog group say the... (Frederick News-Post)
Scientists Assess Risk Of Potential Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines Jan 30, 2007
An Indiana University School of Informatics-led team of researchers has constructed a model that predicts how an emerging pandemic influenza might spread across the globe by airliners. The study, "Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Intervention," appears in the January issue of the journal PLoS Medicine. (Science Daily)
Opponents question legality, impact o... Jan 30, 2007
Members of the local group say the Army hasn't adequately considered the possibility of a biological agent escape or the cumulative impact of all the construction and new laboratories at Fort Detrick. In her submitted comments, group member Joanne Ivancic said the Army needs to study more carefully the laboratory's effect on local water, traffic and air pollution, as well as the effects of a terrorist attack. (Frederick News-Post)
Rapid Flu Tests May Reduce Threat Of Antibiotic Resistance Jan 24, 2007
New tests to rapidly detect the flu are allowing doctors to cut down on the number of hospital patients who receive antibiotics, helping soften the rapidly worsening threat of antibiotic resistance, according to a study to appear in the Feb. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study was posted online by the journal Jan. 22 because of the importance of the findings to public health. (Science Daily)
Corn Plants Used To Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels From Fossil Fuels Jan 23, 2007
-- Air pollution is a broad term applied to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex. (Science Daily)
Lethal Secret Of 1918 Influenza Virus Uncovered Jan 18, 2007
In a study of non-human primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently. Yoshi Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological science in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, meets with assistant scientist Shinji Watanabe (at right) in one of the Kawaoka's research labs to discuss Watanabe's research on Ebola virus genes. (Science Daily)
Are the new X-ray scanning machines appropriate for airport security use? Jan 16, 2007
Using a commercial jet to spread a biological agent is a very likely scenario since carriers of a virus can 00000512 be quite contagious without being or appearing very ill themselves and no amount of x-ray or electronic scanning would pick up the virus. The brilliance of this type of attck is that those victims who do become infected quickly scatter into the general population and infect others. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Stealth Technology Maintains Fitness After Sex: How 'DNA Parasites' Can Increase Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Jan 16, 2007
Pathogens can become superbugs without their even knowing it, research published today in Science shows. Stealth' plasmids - circular 'DNA parasites' of bacteria that can carry antibiotic-resistance genes - produce a protein that increases the chances of survival and spread of the antibiotic-resistant strain. (Science Daily)
Resurgence And Spread Of Syphilis In China Is A Rapidly Increasing Epidemic Jan 13, 2007
The resurgence and spread in China of syphilis, an infection eliminated there from 1960 to 1980, represents a rapidly increasing pidemic calling for urgent intervention, ccording to authors of a new report documenting rising infection rates. "Syphilis has returned to China with a vengeance. The data demonstrates a syphilis epidemic of such scope and magnitude that it will require terrific effort to intervene," said Dr. Myron S. Cohen, the J. Herbert Bate distinguished professor of medicine,... (Science Daily)
Bait Drop Set To Begin Jan 11, 2007
They contain a biological agent and are less likely to be eaten by wildlife if people touch them. Each brown bait measures 1 by 1 by and is marked with a DSHS toll free number (1-877-722-6725) that people may call for information. (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX)
Molecular 'On-off Switch' Controls Immune Defenses Against Viruses Dec 28, 2006
Much like flipping a light switch, the hepatitis C virus turns on human immune defenses upon entering the body but also turns off those defenses by manipulating interaction of key cellular proteins, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. Dr. Michael Gale, associate professor of microbiology, has helped show that the hepatitis C virus turns on immune defenses upon entering the body but also can switch off those defenses by manipulating interaction of key cellular proteins. (Science Daily)
Recurrence Of A Flu Pandemic Similar To Infamous 1918 Flu Could Kill 62 Million Dec 23, 2006
In recent years, health professionals and the general public alike have been acutely aware of the potential ravages that could result from a flu pandemic. Although many people might still recall the pandemics of 1968 and 1957, it is the infamous 1918-1920 pandemic--and the possibility of a recurrence on that scale--that causes the most trepidation. (Science Daily)
Professors To Develop Hand-held Pathogen Testing Device Dec 22, 2006
-- A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. The term is most often used for agents that disrupt the normal physiology of a multicellular animal or. (Science Daily)
Microneedle Vaccination Technique Protects Rabbits Against Inhalation Anthrax Using Smaller Dosage Dec 14, 2006
Microneedle-based vaccination with the current anthrax vaccine produced an equally effective immune response to intramuscular injection in rabbits using smaller dosage say researcher from Maryland and North Carolina. They report their findings in the December 2006 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity. (Science Daily)
Stripping Away Lead-based Paint In A Flash Dec 12, 2006
A new paint stripper that combines the principles of a vacuum cleaner and a pulsed lamp shows promise as a much-needed new technology for removing dangerous lead-based paint from older housing, scientists in Massachusetts are reporting. Michael J. Grapperhaus and Raymond B. Schaefer explain that existing lead abatement methods have drawbacks. (Science Daily)
3 vehicles damaged in vandalism spree Dec 10, 2006
Fire Chief Michael Walker said preliminary tests showed it was some sort of biological agent. The worker was checked out at the hospital after complaining of trouble breathing, pressure on his chest, and numbness in his hands. (Boston Globe)
Infectious Disease Researchers Develop Basis For Experimental Melanoma Treatment Dec 9, 2006
-- 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)
New Research Predicts US Entry Of H5N1 Avian Influenza Dec 8, 2006
Scientists at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo report that H5N1 avian influenza is most likely to be introduced to countries in the Western Hemisphere through infected poultry trade. Following the initial outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong, scientists and government officials worldwide have debated exactly how the virus was being spread and what could be done to stop it. (Science Daily)
Hicks v Howard could see the tables turn Dec 7, 2006
John Howard and Alexander Downer said the scary white powder sent to the Indonesian embassy in June last year was a "biological agent" and egged on the idea that Australia was in the grip of a bio-terrorism attack. Even though the advice at the time indicated there were no dangerous spores in the substance, the Prime Minister couldn't contain himself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Govt under fire over embassy powder reaction Dec 7, 2006
Mr Howard and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock both described the powder as a "biological agent". Mr Ruddock went further, saying it came from a particular family including anthrax. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
PM denies powder scare claim Dec 7, 2006
THE Prime Minister has refused to release the full advice he and other ministers relied on last year to describe white powder sent to the Indonesian Embassy as a "biological agent" ... 13pm on June 1 last year, which said "initial analysis of the powder tested positive as a biological agent " ... The use of the phrase "biological agent" by Mr Howard and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, last year sparked Australia's biggest biological terrorism scare, which lasted until the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
PM denies exaggerating Indonesian embassy threat Dec 7, 2006
At the time, Mr Howard said he had been told it was a "biological agent", which he says was consistent with advice provided to the Government ... "I mean to claim that a white powder was anthrax, which is what the Attorney-General did in radio interviews at the time, when the Federal Police and other agencies had directly said it's not anthrax, it's not a biological agent.". (ABC News Online, Australia -- Just In)
Toward Tracing The Source Of Anthrax In The 2001 Terrorism Attacks Dec 6, 2006
(October 9, 2006) -- Clemson University chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed a countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax, a biological agent used by a terrorist or terrorists that killed five. . (Science Daily)
Scary powder was just flour Dec 6, 2006
THE Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs sparked Australia's biggest biological terror scare last year when they distorted test results to claim white powder sent to the Indonesian embassy was a "biological agent". Documents from ACT Pathology and the federal police, obtained under freedom of information laws, show the microbiologist who examined the powder on June 1 last year and the federal police never called it a "biological agent", and described it as a commonly occurring... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Southern California Wildfires Pose Health Risks To Children Dec 5, 2006
In October of 2003, multiple wildfires raged throughout Southern California. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) report that residents without asthma in wildfire-endangered regions suffered as much as those with asthma. (Science Daily)
New Approach To Mad Cow Disease Successful In Lab: Prion-infected Mice Survive Longer Dec 5, 2006
A new method of treatment can appreciably slow down the progress of the fatal brain disease scrapie in mice. This has been established by researchers from the Universities of Munich and Bonn together with their colleagues at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried. (Science Daily)
From James Bond to the KGB there is no shortage of plots to poison, scald or suffocate Dec 4, 2006
In the case of Lumumba, a U.S. agent testified that he procured from the army a vial of a biological agent that could induce a disease endemic to that area of Africa, so that it would appear he died of natural causes. The station officer there received the vial and hypodermic syringe, part of an elaborate plan to inject the material into toothpaste and slip the tube into his travel kit. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Commuters Inhale Most Harmful Traffic Fumes During Morning Rush Hour, Urban Pollution Study Finds Nov 30, 2006
Early findings from a new urban pollution study suggest that commuters in Manchester inhale their biggest daily dose of harmful traffic fumes during the morning rush hour. A team from the Centre for Atmospheric Studies at the University of Manchester took measurements in 2005 and 2006 along some of the city's busiest routes. (Science Daily)
Biolab 'wins' Dirty Dozen recognition Nov 29, 2006
Tularemia, a dangerous biological agent, infected three lab employees. "We're concerned that elected officials have entrusted the public health of this entire city to a university with a poor track record," said Jamie Cerretti, the Toxics Action Center's community organizer who manages the annual award. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Novel H3N1 Swine Influenza Virus Identified In Pigs In Korea Nov 21, 2006
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)
