DARPA released a new five-year plan for Rapid Threat Assessment last week that sets aggressive goals for detecting exactly how biological and chemical agents affect the body, in hopes of developing U.S. medical defenses. The new initiative challenges researchers to … Read More…
AnaptysBio, Inc., announced on Wednesday the receipt of a contract award from the U.S. government for the creation of highly thermostable anti-ricin antibodies to use in biodefense measures. AnaptysBio is under contract with the Science and Technology Corporation and will … Read More…
A point-of-care device used by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators used to diagnose cancer was recently adapted to rapidly diagnose biothreats like E. coli and other pathogens like tuberculosis. The portable devices combine nuclear magnetic resonance and microfluidic technology to both … Read More…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced on Wednesday that it is starting a five-year program called Rapid Threat Assessment. RTA sets a new goal for researchers to develop new methods and technologies capable of mapping the molecular mechanism of … Read More…
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team and 1st Calvary Division received a refresher lesson on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training on May 1. Staff Sgt. Sandra Shane-Trovato, a CBRN specialist, conducted the CBRN training. Shane-Trovato said the Chemical … Read More…
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