Wikio - Bio-terrorism

On Doctors’ Day, focus on ‘tele-surgery’ and bio-terrorism (Hindu)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:21:54 GMT

CHENNAI: From a futuristic peep into how software programme could help “tele-surgery” to debating the role of commonly used bacilli in the emerging threat of bio-terrorism, there was new knowledge and traditional advice to be ...

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Web Helps Recruit And Radicalise Supporters Of Terrorism (Medical News Today)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Terrorist organisations are using the internet increasingly to recruit and radicalise potential supporters. This is the finding of Dr Lorraine Grieve from Leeds Trinity and All Saint's University College who presented her findings on Thursday 26 June 2008 at the British Psychological Society's Division of Forensic Psychology's Annual Conference which was held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt...

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Emergent BioSolutions Acquires Advanced Recombinant Protective Antigen Anthrax Vaccine Candidate And Technology (Medical News Today)

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced that it has completed the acquisition of all assets and rights related to a recombinant protective antigen (rPA) anthrax vaccine product candidate and related technology from VaxGen, Inc. Recent improvements to the rPA vaccine, specifically related to stability, suggests that it is well positioned to be a leading candidate for an award under a request...

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Albemarle Optimizes Smallpox Drug Candidate For SIGA (Medical News Today)

Tue, 06 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Two American companies are teaming up for second-round test-phase production of a FDA-designated "fast track" drug candidate to treat smallpox, a deadly virus that is feared to be able to reach people through acts of bio-warfare or bio-terrorism.

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Artist Steve Kurtz Cleared Of Bio-Terrorism Charges (ArtsJournal)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:48:31 GMT

Why the FBI chose to pursue this case is unclear, but Kurtz's supporters are convinced that it was an intentional attempt to punish an artist who is critical of the government's authoritarian tendency. As Nature magazine put it: "It seems that government lawyers are singling Kurtz out as a warning to the broader artistic community"....

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Public Safety In The Hands Of Mathematical Algorithms For Risk Assessment (Medical News Today)

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:00:00 GMT

There's safety (and security) in numbers... especially when those numbers are random. That's the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The research is already helping to beef up security at LAX airport in Los Angeles, and it could soon be used across the country to predict and minimize risk.

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Time To Take A Stand To Protect Scientists Performing Animal Research (Medical News Today)

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Biological Psychiatry, in its upcoming April 15th issue, is publishing a critically important commentary written by its Editors, members of its Editorial Committee, and its Editorial Board.

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Ready To Go: Mobile Terahertz Devices (Medical News Today)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Everybody knows microwaves - but what are terahertz waves? These higher-frequency waves are a real jack-of-all-trades. They can help to detect explosives or drugs without having to open a suitcase or search through items of clothing. They can reveal which substances are flowing through plastic tubes.

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Scientists Develop Strategy To Rapidly Describe Outbreak Strains With Next-Generation DNA Sequencing (Medical News Today)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the event of an outbreak or a bioterrorist attack, rapid identification of the genetic changes responsible for virulence or drug resistance is essential to mounting an effective response. Standard DNA sequencing and analysis of a pathogen genome is time-intensive and likely impractical during an emergency.

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Queen's Develops Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method (Medical News Today)

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Research by two Queen's scientists has resulted in an exciting new method for rapidly and safely destroying toxic agents such as chemical weapons and pesticides.Recently completed testing by an independent European defence corporation has shown the researchers' method to be greater than 99 per cent effective when used on the deadly nerve agents Tabun, Soman and VX.

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Psychological Impact Of Raising The Terrorism Alert Level (Medical News Today)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's color-coded system for warning the public of the risk of a terrorist attack does not appear to cause undue stress among law enforcement officers, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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A Strange Culture indeed (The blog Film)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:31:53 GMT

Artist Steve Kurtz, arrested on bio-terrorism charges after the FBI found petri dishes in his house, is the subject of a fascinating new film

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Cause Of Terrorism May Not Be Linked To Poverty (Medical News Today)

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT

New research suggests political freedom and geographic factors contribute significantly to causes of terrorism, challenging the common view that terrorism is rooted in poverty.

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Peace Paradox And Air Terror (Medical News Today)

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT

The research found peace treaties signed before Sept. 11 included civil aviation agreements which did not take into account the possibility of air terror attacks such as the attack on the World Trade Center.

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Splinternet Introduces GammaTect Plus(TM) To The Radiation Detection Marketplace To Protect Against Dirty Bombs (Medical News Today)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Splinternet Holdings, Inc., (OTC BB: SLNH.OB) announced today a highly sophisticated integrated gamma radiation detection sensor system called GammaTect Plus™, in the fight against the potential threat of a dirty bomb.

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China steps up bio surveillance for safe Olympics (Beijing Olympics 2008 Live)

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:54:09 GMT

Beijing is exerting "dynamic surveillance" over the city's microorganism labs to ensure bio-security and ward off possible bio-terrorism during th 4 Vote(s)

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New Book: Fighting Terror Online (Medical News Today)

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Inspired by recent threats of terrorism, Professor Martin Golumbic, Director of the Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science at the University of Haifa wrote this new book examining the future of online terrorism. As Professor Golumbic explains, online terrorism is the use of new technology to elicit fear and panic in society.

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Development Of Sensors With Widespread Applications Including Detection Of Homemade Bombs (Medical News Today)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT

A team of chemists and physicists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a tiny, inexpensive sensor chip capable of detecting trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used in the most common form of homemade explosives.

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Immunochemicals Find Increased Applications (Business Wire)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:40:00 GMT

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Increasing demand from a range of areas including healthcare, agriculture and counter bio-terrorism are set to drive the global immunochemicals market.

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I’m Not Buying…. (Daily Pundit)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:01:36 GMT

Cup Of Black Tea Could Defend Against Anthrax Threat, Research Suggests ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2008) — A cup of black tea could be the next line of defence in the threat of bio-terrorism according to new international research. This sounds more like an ad gimmick than real science. I know I won't be first to walk into [...]

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