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(Arizona State University) The Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University will host an international conference on April 3-4, 2009, in Tempe, Ariz., on the future of forensic science, with special attention to the highly anticipated report of the US National Academy of Sciences, "Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community."

(Arizona State University) An Arizona State University research team headed by School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Ananias Escalante will share in more than $6.3 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health for three related studies.

Two of the studies will examine the ecology and evolution of malaria and a third will delve into the genetic mysteries behind the host shift of retroviral disease from primates to humans.

(Arizona State University) The greatest danger in a pandemic flu outbreak is that it could spread quickly and devastate a broad swath of people across the United States before there is much of a chance to react.

Now, a team of researchers, including one from Arizona State University, has taken a major step in determining what nonpharmaceutical interventions will work by developing mathematical models and testing scenarios that show which NPIs are appropriate for which levels of pandemic flu.

(Arizona State University) Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antigen in the body.

The researchers report that they have been able to use live salmonella bacterium as the containment/delivery method for an antigen.

When space shuttle Endeavor blasts off on March 11, some tiny "astronauts" will piggyback onboard an experimental payload from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.

The new experiment, called "Microbial Drug Resistance Virulence" is part of the STS-123 space shuttle Endeavor mission.

It will continue the research studies of Cheryl Nickerson, PhD, project leader. Nickerson has been at the forefront on studying the risks of germs associated with spaceflight to the health and well being of the crew.