The world’s growing mobility, mass tourism, and the threat of terrorism increase the risk of the fast spread of infectious microorganisms and toxins. Today’s procedures for pathogen detection involve complex stationary devices, and are often too time consuming for a rapid and effective response. Therefore a robust and mobile diagnostic system is required. We present a microstructured LabDisk wh...

Cost-effective/sensitive/selective/reliable detectors for firstresponders Point-of-care/clinical applications for pathogen/virus/threat detection and identification Technological challenges for rapid/early/specific sensitive detection Role of nanotechnology and system miniaturization; MEMS and bioMEMS Use of biochip technology; microand nanofluidics Bioinformatics for biodefense Reducing false ...

This article reports on the final session o f a Panel offor­ mer officials and Congressmen o f the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations formed to recommend changes to U.S. policy and law to strengthen national biodefense while optimizing resource in­ vestments. I f America were to be beset by a biological or chemical weapons attack, who would be in charge of responding? According to the con...

there are a lot of researches in the world about attacks on information systems (is). although there have been many attempts to classify threats of is’s especially in health information systems (his), it is still necessary for all health organization to identify new threats and their sources which threaten security of health care domain. the main aim of this paper is to present a research agend...

Many marine species beyond the glare of fishing quotas are in decline and no more so than in the Mediterranean.

T here are a range of worrisome threats to US health and national security—worrisome because they have the potential to cause widespread disruption and damage to the public's health and to the US and global economies. These threats include major natural hazards like large earthquakes and hurricanes and infectious disease pandemics ; accidental threats, including technological failures, such as ...

Introduction......................................................................................................................... 2 The Need: Bio-Threat Response......................................................................................... 3 Current State of the Art....................................................................................................... 6 Database I...

Introduction It is the purpose of the Convention on Biological Diversity to protect biological diversity in all of its richness – this is also done in awareness of its importance for the functioning of vital systems such as ecosystems, climate systems and water systems. Forests include some of the world’s most important biodiversity reserves with some forest soils alone containing thousands of ...

H abitat loss and fragmentation are among the most pervasive threats to the conservation of biological diversity (Wilcove et al. 1986, Wilcox and Murphy 1985). Habitat fragmentation often leads to the isolation of small populations, which have higher extinction rates (e.g., Pimmetal. 1988). Ultimately, the processes of isolation and population extinction lead to a reduction in biological divers...

With the increased threat posed by biological weapons, detection techniques for biothreat pathogens are critically needed to monitor and assess the severity of the illness once exposure has occurred. Current approaches for detecting biological threats are either time-consuming or highly specific but provide little information regarding pathogenicity. Genotyping of pathogens by PCR provides a fa...