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Table of Contents . . . May 9th, 2005
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Bioterrorism - Multiplexed PCR assay simultaneously detects four biothreat agents
Blood Safety - Sterile filtration method removes poxvirus from plasma derivatives
Information Technology - Connectivity solution designed to transmit disease data and bioterrorism info
Smallpox - Algorithm to evaluate suspected smallpox cases developed
Smallpox Vaccine - Consequences of smallpox attack re-examined
Anthrax - Project could lead to anthrax drugs
Bacteriology - Yersinia species survive and multiply in macrophage phagosomes
Bioterrorism - Construction company responds to airborne infectious disease isolation needs
Bioterrorism - Contract to supply vaccinia hyperimmune plasma to make VIGIV announced
Business Update - Engineered Support earns $7.2 million order for security system at Walter Reed
Drug Development - Subsidiary receives second year of SBIR biodefense funding
Emergency Medicine - Environmental Tectonics completes third virtual training at BWI Airport
Finance - $19.6M contract awarded for development of chemical nerve agent therapy
Grants - Company gets $4.4 million grant for anthrax therapy
Nosocomial Infections - Nosocomial outbreak-related respiratory pathogens reviewed
Personnel - U.S. Air Force nurse appointed to bioterrorism board
Poxvirus - Poxvirus tropism reviewed
Professional Education - OSHA compliant training package introduced for First Receivers
Tularemia - Interleukin-12 may protect against lethal respiratory infection
Viral Infections - Preclinical evaluation of effectiveness of anti-viral immunostimulant completed
Virology - Positive results released in Neugene antisense studies
Yersinia - Invasin triggers Rac1-mediated signals enabling Yersinia internalization
Yersinia - LAT/SLP-76 molecules targeted by Yersinia to inhibit T cell activation
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