Release of Microbe Study Spurs Bioterror Worries
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Researchers in Germany reported yesterday that they had altered the DNA of a disease-causing bacterium to enable it to infect a species it cannot normally sicken -- a double-edged advance that experts said could deepen scientists' understanding of human diseases but could also speed the development...
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By Stephen Speckman Deseret Morning News  Citing a worldwide threat to the security of the United States from hostile nations, the Army wants to renovate Dugway Proving Ground's old Baker Laboratory to increase defense testing against biological agents.
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Giving a new-generation anthrax vaccine along with antibiotics in response to a terrorist attack wouldn&#39;t prevent much disease, but it could help by letting people take the medicines for a briefer time, a study suggests.
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A strain of bacteria that has been plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. A study by McGill University epidemiologist Vivian Loo looked at incidents of Clostridium
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The proposed policy shift reignites a debate over whether such research will help or hinder defense against bioterrorism.
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Custom-made microbes could produce drugs, eat pollution, generate fuel -- or create an unpredictable environmental nightmare. As the field advances, some watchdogs call for increased regulation.
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Rapid response with antibiotics would be  a more effective way of handling an anthrax terror attack than  a pre-emptive mass vaccination program, scientists said on  Wednesday.
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Boston University confirmed that three researchers who fell ill last year had been exposed to a potentially lethal bacterium, and a local health official said the city should have been notified sooner.
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They didn't think we would want to know? Of course they knew better, and that is exactly why Boston University and the city, state, and federal officials who want to build a $128 million ''biodefense lab" that would bring the most deadly known pathogens and viruses to the South End kept their mouths shut about a breach in another BU ...
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Scientists say a system is needed to monitor the spread of a potentially fatal form of drug-resistant E.coli.
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The nation&#39;s public health system remains woefully unprepared to respond to a crisis, despite repeated government warnings about the possibility of bioterrorism or another health
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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Next-generation sequencing uncovers disease-causing microbes.
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The value of freely sharing data on dangerous germs so vaccines and treatments can be developed outweighs the danger that bioterrorists may use the information to do harm, a scientific panel concluded Thursday.
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Scientists working for the government have developed standards to measure the accuracy of anthrax detection tests, hoping to steer first responders away from tests that have delivered too many false readings.
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_ Consumer and cattle-industry groups joined the government in cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists investigate a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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Myriad technical obstacles could face terrorists who might try to manufacture biological weapons, problems that would confound even skilled scientists who tried to help them, biological warfare experts say.