Biological warfare: an emerging threat in the 21st century
...rites Block in American Scientist. He argues that bioweapons offer terrorist groups and ``rogue states`` (such ...ld War I that finally led to a 1925 treaty banning bioweapons during future wars. ``Disappointingly,`` Block writes, ``neither the U.S. nor Japan ratified the tre...Anthrax - How to protect ourselves
...pes to have a prototype ready soon. For detecting bioweapons remotely, one technology that has already had some success is LIDAR, the laser analogue of radar. A helicopter-mounted system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory fires powerful laser pulses at a suspect cloud. The reflected light reveals the ......s been sent out is particularly sophisticated, say bioweapons specialists. What may matter more than the strain ..., says Ken Alibek, former deputy head of theSoviet bioweapons programme. "If I were a terrorist I would certainly not usea strain known to be from my country," he...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
...the attacks for scientists, particularly regarding bioweapons and sweeping new security for top labs and universities. The flip side of Science 's top ten is its Breakdowns of the Year --less-than-inspiring moments in science and science policy in 2001. Featured this year are budget problems surrounding the I...Molecular machine could develop drugs for bioweapons victims
...esses caused by all pathogens, including a host of bioweapons agents. The research was published Sept. 16, 2002 in the online version of Nature Structural Biology and will be published in the Oct. 2002 print edition. A ribosome's function in a biological system is to de-code the instructions in the cell's DNA f...LSUHSC research shows drug blocks enzyme that activates bacterial and viral toxins
...bacterial infection, but also add to our country's bioweapons defense arsenal."...Researchers warn biotech advances could be misused by terrorists
...ffective in treating an illness, but former Soviet bioweapons builders are suspected using this technology to develop antibiotic-resistant forms of plague, anthrax, and tularemia. Last year, Australian researchers inadvertently created a lethal form of mousepox by adding a single gene to the virus, and this yea...AVANT to develop an oral anthrax and plague vaccine for U.S. Department of Defense
...peutics, Inc. "Current vaccines against bacterial bioweapons like anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) and plague (Yersinia pestis) require a protracted dosing regimen or provide only limited protection, and each vaccine protects against only a single agent. The Defense Department is looking for new, improved generat...Q Fever microbe's genome is deciphered
...69. The former Soviet Union also conducted Q Fever bioweapons research during the Cold War....Device detects, traps and deactivates airborne viruses and bacteria
... terrorism for deactivating airborne bioagents and bioweapons such as the smallpox virus, anthrax and ricin, and also in routine indoor air ventilation applications such as in buildings and aircraft cabins. Pratim Biswas, Ph.D.,Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and head of E...Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host
...odels, gaining more insight into how the potential bioweapons might behave in humans. The genetic analysis also could be applied to previously unknown diseases, like SARS. "By identifying the genes that cause disease progression in vivo, we can begin to piece together the knowledge that will allow us to ......lternative to the worldview of those who would use bioweapons to impose their political and ideological views.'...