Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials said the agency is working to address instances of germs with unusual antibiotic resistance genes in the United States.
A CDC Vital Signs report referenced health departments working with the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab... Read More »
Yale University researchers have developed a new RNA therapy as a means of combating the West Nile Virus.
Study details published in Cell Host & Microbe showed how the approach, delivered through the nose of mice infected with the virus, reduced the virus in the brain, allowing the immune system... Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved Leukine for use in adult and pediatric patients afflicted with Acute Radiation Syndrome, adding a third medical countermeasure to the nation’s stock for radiological and nuclear emergencies.
The drug counters myelosuppression -- a... Read More »
MITRE, a public interest research and development company, recently announced that it is seeking commercial cybersecurity vendors to participate in an evaluation of endpoint detection and response (EDR) products based on MITRE’s ATT&CK knowledge base.
ATT&CK is a globally accessible knowledge... Read More »
After fielding white papers from 436 academic institutions seeking federal funding through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Monday that it will issue 24 awards totaling up to $169 million over five years.
The MURI... Read More »
Kansas State University (KSU) researcher Megan Niederwerder released a study last week of the risks posed to the United States by swine fever smuggled in by way of simulated feed shipments.
It is the first documentation of the survival of African swine fever in feed ingredients. If swine fever... Read More »
FLIR Systems, Inc. recently announced that DJI would integrate FLIR thermal imaging sensor technology into its new DJI Zenmuse XT2 drone camera and join the ‘Thermal by FLIR’ partner program, which aims to support thermal innovation.
“The arrival of the DJI Zenmuse XT2 with a FLIR sensor... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced recently that it is seeking proposals for the second “swarm sprint,” which focuses on improving autonomy through enhancements of drone platforms or autonomy elements.
The proposal aims to continue the technology development of... Read More »
Fellows of the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START) Community Resilience, Engagement and Dialogue (CRED) initiative will discuss more than a year of research into responses to hate bias incidents at the University of Maryland at a “Dialogue Dinner” planned for Wednesday.
As... Read More »
A Brazilian-designed test shows great potential in identifying Zika, being capable of discriminating it from dengue infections with high accuracy, while doing so with an estimated cost of just $3 - $3.70 per patient.
The test detects antibodies against Zika virus in samples of blood serum,... Read More »
Countering previous tests conducted in low doses, a study published by INSERM, France’s Jeremie Guedj and international colleagues concluded that high doses of the antiviral favipiravir may ward off Ebola’s deadly capabilities.
Tests were undertaken on 26 non-human primates infected with... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently highlighted a four-year Underground Transport Restoration project conducted with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism attacks on subway systems.
Conducted by the DHS Science and Technology... Read More »
New technology under development by Raytheon BBN Technologies could unleash swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles, working in tandem and under the control of remote operators.
As part of DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, the company is developing technology to... Read More »
New technology acquired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, as well as draft legislation introduced by Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), could help CBP prevent opioids from entering the United... Read More »
A study conducted by the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil shows that triclosan, an antimicrobial compound, may inhibit deadly enzymes and fight otherwise resistant parasites.
Triclosan is a compound used in basic bathroom items like soap, toothpaste, and deodorant. The new study showed... Read More »
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) U.S. announced collaboration this week with Georgetown University through a cooperative academic and research agreement, focusing on training potential for future students and scientists.
"It's exciting to collaborate with CEPI U.S. to... Read More »
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) recently unveiled a new smaller radiation detector invented at the lab that uses a sweeping beam to quickly pinpoint a radiation source to reduce radiation exposure risks for workers.
The detectors use directional sensors to scan through a narrow angle... Read More »
Researchers from an international team have pinpointed a genetic fingerprint of proteins linked to deadly Malaria strains, which they say could herald a game changer for vaccine development.
Scientists were focused on the child aspect in this case, which is to say, the fact that the most common... Read More »
Researchers from Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden are exploring the possibilities of a drinkable antidote to address cholera.
The work of the scientists published in PLOS Pathogens and ACS Infectious Disease showed how the drinkable protection is distributed during an ongoing cholera epidemic to... Read More »
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced a new program that aims to develop high-resolution neural interfaces for use by able-bodied service members.
DARPA has been involved in research and development of in-brain communication systems that use invasive techniques to... Read More »
A pair of clinical trials sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will test an experimental vaccine to prevent influenza caused by an H7N9 influenza virus.
Officials said the Phase 2 studies would test different dosages of the inactivated influenza vaccine... Read More »
A study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases highlighted a 50 percent lower mortality rate in patients with drug-resistant infections who see infectious diseases (ID) specialists compared with those who do not.
The study was single-center and retrospective, focusing on records from 2006... Read More »
Responding to the public health emergency over Zika, labs at Inserm and REACting set about studies of the fetal and neonatal complications linked to the disease and, in the process, have determined a 7 percent rate of neurological abnormalities.
While this figure is significantly lower than... Read More »
Scientists at the Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich Schiller University are currently developing a new, rapid test of antibiotic resistance.
Existing diagnostics for such infections can take up to 72 hours to get results. Time can be a crucial... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced this week that it is working to create standards for air surveillance, known as DHS (Interim) Strategic Air Surveillance Requirements, or (I)SASR.
DHS S&T is working with the Federal Aviation... Read More »
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is partnering with private-sector users of radioactive sources to encourage them to transition to more secure technologies that do not rely on radioactive sources.
Radioactive sources are used in a range of commercial, medical and research... Read More »
In a recent study published in the journal Human Gene Therapy, researchers put the effectiveness of ZMapp antibodies on display and found they could achieve 100 percent protection against Ebola infection in mice.
To test this, scientists administered both individual ZMapp antibodies and greater... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released Monday two new guides that outline the S&T’s cybersecurity research portfolio and describe research and development (R&D) efforts that are at or nearing the transition phase.
The two publications, the... Read More »
A pair of scientists recently put out a call for tuberculosis (TB) research to step up its game and achieve the same sort of advances that HIV/AIDS research has reached since its recognition.
Publishing their perspective in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, authors Anthony... Read More »
Researchers maintain monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) may play a critical role in future battles against emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
Work of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) published in the New England Journal of Medicine outlined potential... Read More »
Using a DNA editor system, scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Malaria Research Institute determined that malaria could potentially be combated by removal of a single gene from mosquitoes.
"Our study shows that we can use this new CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing... Read More »
As the forms of illegal drugs change shape, so too must the means of combating them, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believes it has created exactly that with a new, free software.
The tool is built on an algorithm that searches chemical databases and can identify... Read More »
Researchers from the University of Guelph have turned to an antibody-based therapy they say could both help prevent and treat otherwise deadly Ebola infections.
The method in question is a new way of delivering antibodies, discovered by professor Sarah Wootton of the university’s Department of... Read More »
Brazilian researchers have determined that Yellow Fever may have been underestimated, with a patient who survived the disease still showing signs of it nearly a month after infection.
Previously, scientists operated on the idea that yellow fever had a transmissibility period that roughly... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) requested feedback on Monday on its Next Generation First Responder Integration Handbook, which it released in February.
The handbook serves as a guide for industry and public safety agencies on the development,... Read More »
