The biodefense research may benefit Diversa's efforts to develop anti-infective drugs and take them to market.
Ivins worked for decades in the U.S. Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases' biodefense lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
After all, some of the members of that committee are funded by biodefense dollars, and if we cut the funding, their own livelihoods might suffer.
Innovative BioDefense says a study is under way testing Zylast's effect on elementary-school absenteeism, and additional research is planned on illnesses on cruise ships and in nursing homes.
To show Zylast works for hours, Innovative BioDefense funded a study done at Pace University in New York that tested the product by applying it to swatches of pig skin.
Zylast from Innovative BioDefense Inc. in Lake Forest, Calif.
The grants, from units of the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health, are to develop antibodies for diagnosing and treating anthrax and inhalation plague--two diseases in the crosshairs of biodefense efforts.
Hatfill, who also worked at the biodefense lab at Fort Detrick, denied involvement and sued the Justice Department for violating his privacy by leaking his name to the media in connection with the investigation.
Jesse Cozean, vice president of research and development at Innovative BioDefense, says it is true the company's test doesn't translate directly to real-life benefits but it does show the product is more likely to provide lasting protection than alcohol-based sanitizers.
In addition, Dr. Leitner is a Professor with the National Center for Biodefense at George Mason University as well as a Senior Fellow and Professor with the Center for Advanced Defense Studies responsible for Terrorism, Intelligence, and Cyber War issues.
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