Study sheds light on potential bioterror agent, Coxiella burnetii Rockville, MD — Scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and their collaborators have deciphered and analyzed the complete genome sequence of Coxiella burnetii, a potential bioterror agent that causes… Read More ›
. Biological Warfare
Anthrax cellular entry point uncovered
Discovering the anthrax-Mac-1 gateway is a milestone in the ongoing efforts to protect humans from bioterrorism and bio-warfare BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The long-sought-after biological “gateway” that anthrax uses to enter healthy cells has been uncovered by microbiologists at the University… Read More ›
A VIRUS that kills every one of its victims, by wiping out part of their immune system, has been accidentally created by an Australian research team
Highlighted Archive – Research of Note New Scientist issue: 13th January 2001 An engineered mouse virus leaves us one step away from the ultimate bioweapon A VIRUS that kills every one of its victims, by wiping out part of their… Read More ›
The bioweapon is in the post
You might think it would be difficult for a terrorist to obtain genes from the smallpox virus, or a similarly vicious pathogen. Well, it’s not. Armed with a fake email address, a would-be bioterrorist could probably order the building blocks… Read More ›
New salmonella-based ‘clean vaccines’ aid the fight against infectious disease:To accomplish this, a recombinant strain of Salmonella was constructed using genes from another pathogen, Francisella tularensis
* They are using genes from tularensis ” inhaling as few as 10 bacteria could be potentially deadly ” I feel uncomfortable with the Gates foundation funding support utilizing a Bioweapon strain of Rabbit Fever? New salmonella-based ‘clean vaccines’ aid the fight against infectious… Read More ›
Poxviruses defeat antiviral defenses by duplicating a gene – Engineered an E3L-deficient strain that was quickly able to increase infectious virus production by selectively increasing the number of copies of the K3L gene in its genome
Contact: Phil Sahm phil.sahm@hsc.utah.edu 801-581-2517 University of Utah Health Sciences Study helps explain how large DNA viruses undergo rapid evolution SALT LAKE CITY – Scientists have discovered that poxviruses, which are responsible for smallpox and other diseases, can adapt to… Read More ›
Detailed How To: The Potential for Respiratory Droplet–Transmissible A/H5N1 Influenza Virus to Evolve in a Mammalian Host
* This is information has been made public, I am leaving the figures out… Science 22 June 2012: Vol. 336 no. 6088 pp. 1541-1547 DOI: 10.1126/science.1222526 Abstract Avian A/H5N1 influenza viruses pose a pandemic threat. As few as five amino… Read More ›