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Missouri researcher develops advanced juice-testing technique
Rapid test for Alicyclobacillus should improve exports to Japan; DNA sequencing is coupled with mid-infrared spectroscopy
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Researchers use Google Earth to track bird flu
“Supermap” brings together known epidemiological research with an easy-to-use mapping system
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Florida researchers discover how anthrax shuts down immune system
A lethal toxin immobilizes the white blood cells by preventing actin assembly
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Llama blood used in ebola assay
Unique protein antibodies can withstand high temperatures, a major challenge for health officials in the Third World
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A test for our readers
A new smallpox vaccine awaits clinical trials, and 215 hardy Americans are needed; Uncle Sam needs you
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Sandia Labs announces new electrochemical sensor
Unlike current methods, this one tests multiple biomolecules simultaneously; “diazonium-based surface chemistry”
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Virginia prepares for Food Security Summit
Speakers will include experts on sustainability, food-borne microbes, food distribution, hunger policy, and government regulations
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Public health labs oppose field WMD testing
Without national performance standards and field validation, Association of Public Health Laboratories says the risks of false positives and false negatives are too high
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Chemical found to inhibit anthrax germination
Seven different chemicals do the trick, but only one works inside mammalian cells
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Drexel researchers develop rapid cantilever biosensor
Technology has applications from E. coli and anthrax to prostate cancer
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Argonne researchers corral E. coli
Unlike traditional centrifuging techniques, the new approach allows selective concentration of healthy cells
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Intralytix seeks FDA approval of E. coli spray
Intended to control pathogens in food processing and medical setting, technique relies on microphages to immobilize bacteria
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MedImmune accepts $15.6 billion buy-out offer
AstraZeneca outbids Merck and others to get its hands on the FluMist vaccine
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TB victim receives TV
Facing a life of civil commitment, Russian-born Arizonan earns his creature comforts
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General Dynamics Canada wins Canadian bio-sensor contract
After six years of succesful naval deployments, government will buy CAN$30 million worth of GDC’s VP Bio Sentry systems
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The long view
Huge Areas May Face Possibly Fatal Heat Waves if Warming Continues
A new assessment warns that if Earth’s average temperature reaches 2 degrees C over the preindustrial average, widespread areas may become too hot during extreme heat events for many people to survive without artificial cooling.