Archive for October 13th, 2004

Smallpox – New Study on Smallpox in Monkeys Reveals Tactics of a Killer

Wednesday, October 13th, 2004

NIH [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] – Results of a new study in monkeys offer scientists a rare glimpse of how, on a molecular level, the smallpox virus attacks its victims. The findings shed light on how the virus caused mass death and suffering, and will help point the way to new diagnostics, vaccines and drugs that would be needed in the event of a smallpox bioterror incident.

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Public Policy – US vulnerable to bioengineered pathogens (PDF format)

Wednesday, October 13th, 2004

[Biosecurity and Bioterrorism] – The United States has improved its odds of defeating a biological attack from agents such as smallpox or anthrax, a report being released today concludes.

But scientists and biotechnology specialists still think the nation is woefully ill-equipped to handle a more sophisticated — and, perhaps, more likely — terrorist attack using newer bioengineered germs or other unanticipated pathogens, according to the report by the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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