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Virus Engineering ( Unclassified )
Probable Bioweapon: Influenza Type A Virus – A Short Case Report.
Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense Abstract Influenza type A virus (Influenza virus A), an old foe of mankind, is presently the most significant pathogen causing both pandemics and epizootics, worldwide. The proliferative husbandry of poultry and pigs, primarily, constitutes… Read More ›
A VIRUS that kills every one of its victims, by wiping out part of their immune system, has been accidentally created by an Australian research team
Requested Re-post from our evesdrift.com site, on the horrifying potential of a certain type of disease vaccine engineering. New Scientist issue: 13th January 2001 ( Historical ) An engineered mouse virus leaves us one step away from the ultimate bioweapon A VIRUS… Read More ›
US Health Agency Holds Patent on Ebola Strain Virus
Sunday, 03 August 2014 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as “EboBun.” It’s patent No. CA2741523A1 and it was awarded in 2010. You can view it here. Patent applicants are… Read More ›
Experiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release
Experiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 20-May-2014 Research in mammals that aims to prevent future influenza pandemics raises ethical, public health concerns Boston, MA — Experiments creating dangerous flu strains that… Read More ›
Live virus used in polio vaccine can evolve and infect, warns TAU researcher
” Can act like wild poliovirus and continue the threat of contagion ” November 7, 2011 _ Requested Re-Post from our HRR Site Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio, a… Read More ›
‘Alien’ life form is grown in a lab: Scientists add unnatural DNA strands to the genetic code of bacteria to create a new strain
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium The E. coli bugs are able to grow and reproduce as normal despite containing two extra letters in… Read More ›
France admits 2,300 samples of SARS virus are missing / They Claim Harmless
Thursday, 17 April 2014 A routine inventory at a Parisian research body revealed over 2,300 samples of the potentially deadly SARS virus are missing, The Independent reports. The renowned Institute Pasteur in France admitted on Monday that it had misplaced… Read More ›
Could dinosaur-age DNA cure GOUT? Reviving a 90 million-year-old protein could treat painful inflammation
Researchers have resurrected a prehistoric version of the enzyme uricase Uricase can break down uric acid, which can cause kidney stones and gout It is not produced in humans because of evolutionary changes that took place in the body over… Read More ›
Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 – EEV: Requested Re-Post from the HRR site. – Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11 months were more likely than unvaccinated controls to have nasopharyngeal acquisition of pneumococcal serotype… Read More ›
Fun With Genetic Engineering: Why Letting Students Tinker With Microorganisms Is Good For Education And Society
Posted: 01/14/2014 1:26 pm By Charles Gersbach, Assistant Professor, and Tom Katsouleas, Dean, Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering Elaborate competitions to build the best robot or design cages to protect falling eggs have been a rite of passage for… Read More ›
Bird flu leaves the nest — adapting to a new host ( How to Kill or Cure Millions )
EEV: Reposted at request from our biological site http://www.healthresearchreport.me Public release date: 26-Aug-2009 – an unadapted avian strain and an avian strain adapted to infect mice by mutations that increase the efficiency of the viral polymerase – They found that… Read More ›
Scientists creating viruses deadlier to humans
Sunday, 22 December 2013 Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severely criticised the arguments used by some influenza researchers who are trying to make the H5N1 bird-flu virus more dangerous to humans by repeatedly infecting laboratory ferrets. More… Read More ›
Vaccine’s, the Lucky Rabbits Foot, and Shhh No questions allowed ( Part 1 )
Vaccines are just a form of medicine like everything else. Some of them good, and some of them not so good. In any case you have a right to know. Just remember Scientific Method – Observation, Hypothesis, and Theory as well as Risk… Read More ›
From friend to foe: How benign bacteria evolve to virulent pathogens
Contact: Isabel Gordo igordo@igc.gulbenkian.pt 351-214-407-915 Public Library of Science Bacteria can evolve rapidly to adapt to environmental change. When the “environment” is the immune response of an infected host, this evolution can turn harmless bacteria into life-threatening pathogens. A study… Read More ›
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter warns about biohacker boo-boos (i.e. Doomsday Virus )
Alan Boyle, Science Editor NBC News Oct. 24, 2013 at 11:01 AM ET Hyungwon Kang / Reuters file Biologist J. Craig Venter testifies at a congressional hearing in 2010. In his latest book, genetic guru J. Craig Venter envisions a… Read More ›
Researchers advance toward engineering ‘wildly new genome’
Contact: David Cameron david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu 617-432-0441 Harvard Medical School In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits of genetic reprogramming and open new possibilities for increasing flexibility, productivity and… Read More ›
Novel Strain of Clostridium botulinum That Produces Type B and Type H Botulinum Toxins
Jason R. Barash and Stephen S. Arnon + Author Affiliations Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California Correspondence: Stephen S. Arnon, MD, Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health,… Read More ›
Vaccination campaign doubles HBV mutations
Contact: Garth Hogan ghogan@asmusa.org 202-942-9389 American Society for Microbiology WASHINGTON, DC – October 7, 2013 – A universal infant vaccination campaign in China has led the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to more than double its rate of “breakout” mutations. These… Read More ›
First estimate of total viruses in mammals ( Minimum of 320,000 viruses )
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health First estimate of total viruses in mammals Minimum of 320,000 viruses; identifying them could help mitigate disease outbreaks; total cost less than a single pandemic Scientists estimate… Read More ›
Compared to Syrian biological weapons, sarin is nothing – official
Photo: RIA Novosti The issue of chemical and biological weapons in Syria is creating concerns in both neighbouring and distant countries. The mere presence of such weapons in the hands of the Syrian rebels is seen as a threat in… Read More ›
Flu vaccine backfires in pigs / vaccinated against H1N2 influenza were more vulnerable to the rarer H1N1 strain
Antibodies against one strain increase risk of infection with another. Beth Mole 28 August 2013 Pigs vaccinated against H1N2 influenza were more vulnerable to the rarer H1N1 strain. Andy Rouse/Photoshot Preventing seasonal sniffles may be more complicated than researchers suspected…. Read More ›
The Hidden Threat That Could Prevent Polio’s Global Eradication – Vaccinated Children that Become “chronic excreters”
Polio could soon be wiped out—but only if scientists can track down the last carriers By Helen Branswell Image: GETTY IMAGES Global eradication of polio has been the ultimate game of Whack-a-Mole for the past decade; when it… Read More ›
Scientists to make mutant forms of new bird flu to assess risk
Source: Reuters – Wed, 7 Aug 2013 05:00 PM Author: Reuters * Controversial research sparked previous security fears * Flu experts say it is critical to prepare for threat * New H7N9 bird flu strain has killed 43 people… Read More ›
Georgia conducts dangerous experiments with viruses: “experiments with viruses have led to the spread of such dangerous illnesses as pig flu and measles”
Photo: EPA The people of Georgia are in danger. This sensational statement was made by the Georgian President’s former American advisor, journalist Jeffrey Silverman. According to him, a laboratory on the outskirts of Tbilisi is developing health hazardous viruses that… Read More ›
Scientists create hybrid flu that can go airborne : Mixed Genes from H5N1 & H1N1
H5N1 virus with genes from H1N1 can spread through the air between mammals. Ed Yong 02 May 2013 Researchers have crossed two strains of avian flu virus to create one that can be transmitted through the air — and possibly… Read More ›
‘Appalling irresponsibility’: Senior scientists attack Chinese researchers for creating new strains of influenza virus in veterinary laboratory
Experts warn of danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global pandemic killing millions of people. Steve Connor Thursday, 2 May 2013 Senior scientists have… Read More ›
Large HIV study stopped after safety review found more study participants who received the vaccine later became infected
HIV vaccine study halted by US government over unsuccessful shots Associated Press in Washington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 April 2013 17.52 EDT A 2009 study in Thailand is the only HIV/Aids study ever to show a modest success. Photograph: Denis Farrell/AP… Read More ›
MMR scare doctor Andrew Wakefield breaks his silence: Measles outbreak in Wales proves I was right
As measles cases rise, experts condemn Wakefield’s outburst Jeremy Laurance Saturday, 13 April 2013 The discredited doctor who triggered the MMR scare 15 years ago has pinned the blame for the outbreak of measles in south Wales on the Government…. Read More ›
Scientists described small genetic changes that enable the H5N1 bird flu virus to replicate more easily in the noses of mammals
Bird flu mutation study offers vaccine clue by Sam Wong 08 April 2013 Scientists have described small genetic changes that enable the H5N1 bird flu virus to replicate more easily in the noses of mammals. So far there… Read More ›
Researchers are first to use common virus to ‘fortify’ adult stem cells: “Basically, we’ve helped the cells be ‘invisible’ to the body’s natural killer cells, T cells and other aspects of the immune system”
Contact: Karen Richardson krchrdsn@wakehealth.edu 336-716-4453 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Researchers are first to use common virus to ‘fortify’ adult stem cells Potential uses of engineered cells include organ transplant and brain injury WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 1, 2013 –… Read More ›
The first caffeine-‘addicted’ bacteria
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that — literally. Their report in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes bacteria… Read More ›
Vial containing strain of potentially deadly virus missing from Texas laboratory
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:20 EST, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 18:20 EST, 24 March 2013 A small vial containing a potentially harmful strain of virus has gone missing from a Texas laboratory, it was revealed today. The… Read More ›
Contaminated water used to dilute pesticides could be responsible for viruses entering the food chain, warn scientists
Contact: Sacha Boucherie S.Boucherie@elsevier.com 31-204-853-564 Elsevier Pesticide application as potential source of noroviruses in fresh food supply chains Human norovirus (hNoV), also known as the winter vomiting bug, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the world. The… Read More ›
Cancer vaccines self-sabotage, channel immune attack to injection site
UT MD Anderson scientists find common vaccine ingredient diverts T cells from tumors HOUSTON – Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site… Read More ›
‘Defective’ virus surprisingly plays major role in spread of disease, UCLA life scientists report
Contact: Stuart Wolpert swolpert@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0511 University of California – Los Angeles Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of normal viruses, now appear able to play an important role in the spread of disease,… Read More ›
Mutation altering stability of surface molecule in acid enables H5N1 infection of mammals
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology A single mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that affects the pH at which the hemagglutinin surface protein is activated simultaneously reduces its capacity to infect ducks and enhances its… Read More ›
Increased risk of sleep disorder in children who received swine flu vaccine : Up to 16-fold increased risk
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Results consistent with findings from Finland and Sweden, but may still be overestimated The results are consistent with previous studies from Finland and Sweden and indicate that the association is not confined… Read More ›
Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus: JX-594
18:00 10 February 2013 by Andy Coghlan For similar stories, visit the Cancer and GM Organisms Topic Guides The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer. A genetically engineered version… Read More ›
Insight: Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot : Doctors are fearful of having their reputations ruined by reporting possible links
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent | Reuters – 8 mins ago STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she’s often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she… Read More ›
Mount Sinai researchers discover how the flu virus tells time; Hides 8 hours in the Cell, then in 48 hours becomes infectious
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Discovery provides new targets for antiviral drugs and vaccine designs Scientists have discovered that that the flu virus can essentially tell time, thereby… Read More ›
Designer bacteria may lead to better vaccines: Contaminated vaccines work better!!!
Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer daniel.oppenheimer@utexas.edu 512-745-3353 University of Texas at Austin Designer bacteria may lead to better vaccines 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such as flu, pertussis, cholera and HPV AUSTIN,… Read More ›
FDA approves recombinant flu vaccine : Was rejected in 2009, arguing that there was insufficient evidence that the vaccine was safe
17 Jan 2013 | 19:49 GMT | Posted by Heidi Ledford | The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first seasonal flu vaccine comprised of recombinant proteins, rather than inactivated or weakened virus. The 16 January approval… Read More ›
Pigs in southern China infected with avian flu: Recent Infections of H1N1 & H3N2
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but not the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Their research, published online… Read More ›
Complete Genomics CEO rebuts warnings of national security risks / “a world in which a virus engineered to kill a specific individual can be ordered online for $500 “?
14 Dec 2012 | 20:53 GMT | Posted by Monya Baker | In a letter to employees, sequencing company Complete Genomics CEO Cliff Reid predicts that the acquisition of his company by Chinese sequencing giant BGI will win approval by… Read More ›
Viruses cooperate or conquer to cause maximum destruction: They Change Behaviour to overcome our attempt to control them
Contact: Louise Vennells L.Vennells@exeter.ac.uk 44-013-927-22062 University of Exeter Scientists have discovered new evidence about the evolution of viruses, in work that will change our understanding about the control of infectious diseases such as winter flu Scientists have discovered new evidence… Read More ›
Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, M.D., Ph.D. l.sanders@umcutrecht.nl JAMA and Archives Journals This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11… Read More ›
A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled with an existing vaccine
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Laura Gallagher l.gallagher@imperial.ac.uk 44-020-759-48432 Imperial College London Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled… Read More ›
Man’s best friend: Common canine virus may lead to new vaccines for deadly human diseases
Public Affairs News Service Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 Writer: James E. Hataway, 706/542-5222, jhataway@uga.edu Contact: Biao He, 706/542-2855, bhe@uga.edu Athens, Ga. – Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a virus commonly found in dogs may serve as… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 