The researchers found that anxiety related to
biological agent concerns may significantly affect the overall level of patient anxiety.
The two-day conference, Biologics: Where are we now?, will throw light on '
biological agent' - which is any pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from or semi-synthesised from biological sources.
Among the
biological agent only bacteria viruses and toxins are considered when referring to agents that can be used in a biological attack.
When a new virus or
biological agent emerges, it normally takes months to come up with a means to detect it.
"Syria is not known to have successfully weaponized
biological agents in an effective delivery system, but it possesses conventional and chemical weapon systems that could be modified for
biological agent delivery."
TDA Research will use the EPA grant to investigate an encapsulation technology that will seal in chemical and
biological agent contamination on solid wastes.
After 1999, patients who had an inadequate response to MTX were treated with a
biological agent. All 93 RA patients in whom MTX was initiated between 1996 and 2001 for whom MDHAQ scores were available 5 years later are included in analyses in this report.
Possible attacks there would be far easier to carry out, the report said, and might take the form of an onboard bomb or a
biological agent tainting the food or water.
After a passenger claimed to have contaminated everyone on a flight with a
biological agent, the customs area at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in the US was briefly shut on 12 August.
There currently is no approved vaccine to prevent ricin poisoning in humans, and the
biological agent has a long history of use in espionage.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- The Joint
Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS), a 40-pound device small enough to slip into a rucksack, is designed to vastly increase the speed and accuracy of biological warfare agent detection.
