Exposure to novel microbes is not just an extraterrestrial concern. Pathogens seriously impact human health each day. Biodefense is the field of activity in which we work to predict, prevent, and ...

Not enough people — venture capitalists included — are paying attention to biological threats and their countermeasures, Paul Kwan, a managing director at General Catalyst, told Axios in an ...

Biodefense Spending DataIn late February, 758 microbiologists signed an open letter claiming that the number of NIH grants for research on bacteria and yeast had ...

Strengthening U.S. Biodefense ATLANTA, GA - March 3, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOVX), a leader in ...

But no one should be fooled into thinking that any amount of investment in biodefense research will protect us in the long term against biological terrorism. The basic problem is that determined ...

Category A consists of the agents that are considered the highest risk, and much of the biodefense research effort is directed towards these agents. Included among Category B agents are ones that ...

Historically, counterproliferation efforts have been focused largely on monitoring foreign proliferation of weapons systems, "dual-use" biological production equipment, and a handful of biological ...

Most modern terrorists were young, foreign ideologues. The Amerithrax case inverted that model by proposing that an aging biodefense microbiologist had used the lethal B. anthracis against U.S.

Advances in biological research likely will permit development of a new class of advanced biological warfare (ABW) agents engineered to elicit novel effects. In addition, biotechnology will have ...

Alignment with National Health Security Goals: GeoVax’s focus on U.S.-based vaccine production supports HHS’s priority of reducing dependency on foreign pharmaceutical supply chains, ensuring ...