Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) – Very controversial and hypothetical, yet confirmed as a high impact published study. There are two links here to the study, one being the PDF file here and the other to the the study in the Journal Epidemiology:… Read More ›
. Biological Warfare
Analysis of Introduced Species as a form of Biological Weapon: part 2- Strategies for Discernment of an Attack and Countermeasures
Roberge, Biosafety 2013, 2:2 Biosafety http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0331.1000111 Research Article Open Access Analysis of Introduced Species as a form of Biological Weapon: part 2- Strategies for Discernment of an Attack and Countermeasures Roberge Lawrence F* Laboure College, 303 Adams Street, Milton, MA… Read More ›
Ebola virus replication blocked with Common Asian Herb
Asian herb holds promise as treatment for Ebola virus disease– Researchers announced that a small molecule called Tetrandrine derived from an Asian herb has shown to be a potent small molecule inhibiting infection of human white blood cells in vitro… 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 ›
Would the Stress Vaccine Change Behavior and Moral Judgment?
American Medical Association’s online ethics journal Virtual Mentor. January 2012, Volume 14, Number 1: 60-67. OP-ED An Ethical Take on the “Stress Vaccine” Jennifer M. Ladd and Leo D. J. Ungar, MTS Chronic stress has been linked to severe declines… Read More ›
US tested weapons to harm rice crop in Japan, report claims ( rice blast fungus )
– The same experiments were conducted on the US mainland and in Taiwan – rice blast fungus – known to occur in 85 countries – was released over rice fields and data was collected on how it affected rice production… Read More ›
£80m ‘wasted’ on smallpox terror threat
Leading scientist says fear that terrorists might attack Britain with the virus was ‘far-fetched’ Brian Brady Sunday, 17 March 2013 One of the country’s foremost scientists has claimed Britain “wasted” almost £80m buying smallpox vaccine, after it emerged that the… Read More ›
Cancer: “epidemic” among anti-US Latin American leaders?
EEV: Interesting to see how it is seen from the other side. John Robles Mar 8, 2013 01:26 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Before his death during many public speeches Hugo Chavez called cases of cancer among presidents throughout Latin America… Read More ›
A possible answer for protection against chemical/biological agents, fuel leaks, and coffee stains
Contact: Robert White robert.white@afosr.af.mil Air Force Office of Scientific Research A recent discovery funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research may very well lead to a process that not only benefits every uniformed service member of the Department… Read More ›
Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law? Yes
•Subscribe •Renew •Give a Gift •Digital Edition By Patrick Lin New technologies reveal ambiguities and hidden assumptions in international humanitarian law. Alexis C. Madrigal Science fiction, or actual U.S. military project? Half a world away from the battlefield, a soldier… Read More ›
Hacking the President’s DNA : Personalized Bioweapons
The U.S. government is surreptitiously collecting the DNA of world leaders, and is reportedly protecting that of Barack Obama. Decoded, these genetic blueprints could provide compromising information. In the not-too-distant future, they may provide something more as well—the basis for… Read More ›
Are America’s war vets ageing prematurely? Alarming study reveals how a young traumatized U.S. soldier can suffer same brain deterioration as a 70-year-old
Consortium in Boston is studying PTSD in young veterans and those exposed to traumatic brain injury In veterans no older than 30, brain imaging sometimes looks like that of a 70-year-old Current diagnosis includes self-reporting, but scientists hope to create… Read More ›
A cup of black tea could be the next line of defense in the threat of bio-terrorism according to international research
Contact: Professor Les Baillie bailliel@cf.ac.uk 029-208-75535 Cardiff University Is a cup of tea really the answer to everything — even anthrax? A cup of black tea could be the next line of defence in the threat of bio-terrorism according to… Read More ›
Genome of potential bioterror agent seqenced – Brucella suis
Highlights similarities between animal, plant pathogens ROCKVILLE, MD.– Scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), in collaboration with colleagues at Virginia Tech, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Disease Center and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,… Read More ›
Anthrax cellular entry point uncovered
Discovering the anthrax-Mac-1 gateway is a milestone in the ongoing efforts to protect humans from bioterrorism and bio-warfare BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The long-sought-after biological “gateway” that anthrax uses to enter healthy cells has been uncovered by microbiologists at the University… Read More ›
Poxviruses defeat antiviral defenses by duplicating a gene – Engineered an E3L-deficient strain that was quickly able to increase infectious virus production by selectively increasing the number of copies of the K3L gene in its genome
Contact: Phil Sahm phil.sahm@hsc.utah.edu 801-581-2517 University of Utah Health Sciences Study helps explain how large DNA viruses undergo rapid evolution SALT LAKE CITY – Scientists have discovered that poxviruses, which are responsible for smallpox and other diseases, can adapt to… Read More ›
Detailed How To: The Potential for Respiratory Droplet–Transmissible A/H5N1 Influenza Virus to Evolve in a Mammalian Host
* This is information has been made public, I am leaving the figures out… Science 22 June 2012: Vol. 336 no. 6088 pp. 1541-1547 DOI: 10.1126/science.1222526 Abstract Avian A/H5N1 influenza viruses pose a pandemic threat. As few as five amino… Read More ›