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Clostridium Botulinum - Researchers making strides against botulism

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07:06 GMT

Fort Detrick Standard - A review of work being done on vaccines to counteract the efffect of botulism.

Clostridium Botulinum - PNAS publishes bioterror paper, after all

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:59:48 GMT

The Scientist - More on the PNAS paper published on the potential use of Clostridium Botulinum by terrorists.

New York Times - Paper Describes Potential Poisoning of Milk.

CNN - Milk-threat study issued over objections.

Clostridium Botulinum - Bioterrorists Could Poison Milk Supply With Botulism

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:52:24 GMT

Health Central [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] - The vulnerability of the U.S. milk supply makes it a tempting target for terrorists armed with botulinum toxin.

Clostridium Botulinum - Scientific Paper Pulled over Terrorism Concerns

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:38:56 GMT

CNN - The federal government has asked the National Academy of Sciences not to publish a research paper that feds describe as a "road map for terrorists" on how to contaminate the nation's milk supply.

Clostridium Botulinum - Scientific Paper Pulled over Terrorism Concerns

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 29 May 2005 22:16:34 GMT

NPR - A scientific paper about the food supply has been withdrawn for fear that it might aid terrorists. It suggests that tampering with the milk supply by introducing botulism could kill large numbers of people.

Clostridium Botulinum - Mollusk may hold key to toxin antidote

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:05:54 GMT

Associated Press - The war on terror could have an unlikely ally in a modest mollusk known as the quahog. Researchers who injected the clams with enough botulism toxin to kill 1,000 people found the shellfish somehow neutralized the enzyme, which is considered a potential bioterror agent.

Clostridium Botulinum - Scientists develop rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:44:48 GMT

News-Medical.net [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] - Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a pair of rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin.

Clostridium Botulinum - Certain symptoms may predict fatal foodborne botulism

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:17:56 GMT

CIDRAP [Clinical Infectious Diseases] - A distinctive group of symptoms-shortness of breath, impaired gag reflex, and absence of diarrhea-may be predictive of severe outcomes, including death, from foodborne botulism, a group of researchers reported recently.

Clostridium Botulinum - Botulinum Toxin Structure Offers Clues for Vaccines/Treatments

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 11 May 2004 11:38:45 GMT

Medical News Today [Biochemistry] - By deciphering the near atomic-level structure of the catalytic domain of botulinum toxin type E - one of seven neurotoxins that cause botulism, a disease that paralyzes victims by blocking nerve cells' ability to communicate - scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are one step closer to a potential vaccine or treatment.