http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medicines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-glaxo-partnering-antibiotics.html Medications Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:06 EST news288457617 Significant investments over the past decade into disease surveillance and notification systems appear to have "paid off" and the systems "work remarkably well," says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher who examined the public health response systems during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The findings are published online today in PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-disease-surveillance-notification-pandemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:06 EST news284227095 (AP) — The Texas A&M University System will be the home of one of three national biodefense centers to help the U.S. quickly develop vaccines in the event of a pandemic and strategies for responding to bioterrorism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-texas-awarded-biodefense.html Health Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:36:12 EST news259263336 Researchers have unveiled a novel strategy for neutralizing unwanted molecules and clearing them from the body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-antitoxin-strategy-pathogens.html Medical research Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:03:53 EST news259232620 Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and the Medical School of Hannover in Germany recently discovered how the botulinum neurotoxin, a potential bioterrorism agent, survives the hostile environment in the stomach on its journey through the human body. Their study, published February 24 in Science, reveals the first 3D structure of a neurotoxin together with its bodyguard, a protein made simultaneously in the same bacterium. The bodyguard keeps the toxin safe through the gut, then lets go as the toxin enters the bloodstream. This new information also reveals the toxin's weak spot—a point in the process that can be targeted with new therapeutics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-botulinum-neurotoxin.html Medical research Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:00:04 EST news249226148 (Medical Xpress) -- In a commentary on the biosecurity controversy surrounding publication of bird flu research details, a bioethicist and a vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins reaffirm that "all scientists have an affirmative ethical obligation to avoid contributing to the advancement of biowarfare and bioterrorism," but that there are not sufficient structures in place to evaluate potential societal risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-ethics-h5n1.html Other Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:45 EST news248023835 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have helped identify a cellular protein that is critical for infection by the deadly Ebola virus. The findings, published in today's online edition of Nature, suggest a possible strategy for blocking infection due to Ebola virus, one of the world's most lethal viruses and a potential bioterrorism agent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-key-ebola-virus-cells-deadly.html Medical research Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:21:13 EST news233410810 (Medical Xpress) -- UCSF basic research into botulism has translated into a novel antitoxin to protect against bioterrorism, with the first clinical trials launching soon to assess the resulting vaccine's safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-ucsf-botulism-bioterrorism-treatment.html Medical research Fri, 06 May 2011 08:42:42 EST news223890104