Call for New 'Manhattan Project' to Fight Bioterror
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The world needs an effort similar to that behind the creation of the atomic bomb to tackle the multi-faceted threat of biowarfare, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Thursday.
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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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The government announced new rules Monday aimed at helping trace the source of food contamination, particularly in the event of a bioterror attack on the food supply.
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The threat from biological weapons has outstripped that of chemical and nuclear weapons because of advances in biotechnology, the respected British Medical Association (BMA) warned in a report published.
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The United States urged Pakistan not to use a powerful new atomic reactor under construction to bolster its nuclear weapons capability amid warnings of a new South Asia arms race.
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Part of imminent 'ambitious counter terrorism package' European Union Justice, Freedom (sic) &amp; Security Commissioner Franco Frattini yesterday turned up the volume on terror threats, ahead of the EU's adoption of "an ambitious counter terrorism package" next month. Terrorists, said Frattini, seek new technology, could deploy bioterrorism with devastating effect, and if they got hold of weapons of mass destruction "the consequences would be catastrophic."â¦
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A month after a new U.S. law encouraging the development of medicines to counter bioterrorism, some drugmakers are lobbying for more incentives to make products that may never be used.
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Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization&#39;s regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety
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Baltimore scientists say rapidly getting antibiotics to people exposed to anthrax spores in a bioterrorist attack could prevent 70 percent of infections.
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Scientists discuss their prefered targets for the next multi-billion-dollar
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Science & environment: Scientists look for uses for highly toxic material amid fears huge stockpiles may become terrorist targets
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U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on Saturday called on countries to find and secure nuclear and other dangerous material to keep it out of the hands of terrorists.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientists today urge the United Nations to ban cloning of babies but leave open the door for cloning of embryo stem cells as treatments for so-far incurable illnesses.
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The world must take immediate action against the real threat of nuclear terrorism to prevent a September 11-style outrage, the head of the UN's atomic energy watchdog agency warned.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency is pushing for a fresh look at an Iranian military complex linked by the United States to possible atomic arms research just days after being granted limited access, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Concerns over bio-terrorism are set to top agenda at international conference in Geneva on biological weapons.
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A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells.