African swine fever virus

Seek Labs Announces Successful Completion of African Swine Fever Virus In Vivo Trial Utilizing CRISPR-based Treatments

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Lundi, mai 6, 2024
Research, Genetics, Clinical Trials, Other Health, Biotechnology, Health, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Science, Other Science, Mortality, African swine fever virus, Viral disease, CRISPR, Gene targeting, Hope, White, Chicken, Synthetic control method, Blood, ASF, Classical swine fever, Cas, ELISA, Animal, Survival, Litopenaeus, Infection, Doctor of Philosophy, Disease, ASFV, Real-time, Food security, Viral load, Food, Seek, H5N1, Genome, Candidate, Viral, Pharmacy, Injection, WSSV, Medication, Vaccine

Seek Labs, a healthcare innovations company developing next-generation point-of-care molecular diagnostic systems and novel CRISPR-based gene therapies, announced today the successful completion of a therapeutic trial using innovative CRISPR-based technologies to target the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) in pigs.

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  • Seek Labs, a healthcare innovations company developing next-generation point-of-care molecular diagnostic systems and novel CRISPR-based gene therapies, announced today the successful completion of a therapeutic trial using innovative CRISPR-based technologies to target the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) in pigs.
  • The trial, which aimed to replicate and expand an earlier trial, demonstrated pigs infected with ASFV and treated with Seek Labs’ CRISPR-based systems survived longer than untreated infected pigs.
  • With no available treatments for African Swine Fever, this is a breakthrough discovery.
  • Seek Labs’ work represents a beacon of hope for the swine industry and underscores the transformative potential of CRISPR-based technology in global healthcare.

Baseimmune Raises $11.3M in Series A funding to Develop Better Vaccines Faster

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Lundi, février 26, 2024
Health Technology, COVID-19, Technology, Finance, Pharmaceutical, Professional Services, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Trials, Biotechnology, Science, Software, Other Science, Research, Health, MSD, Multimedia, Messenger, Coronavirus, Vaccine, African swine fever virus, University, Malaria, Element, Jenner Institute, COVID, University of Oxford, Big data, Deep learning, DNA

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240219023333/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240219023333/en/
    From left to right: Baseimmune co-founders Ariane C. Gomes (Chief Scientific Officer), Phillip Kemlo (Chief Technology Officer), and Joshua Blight (Chief Executive Officer).
  • Photo credit: Baseimmune
    “We’re thrilled to have the support of a top-tier investor syndicate led by MSD Global Health Innovation Fund and IQ Capital.
  • This funding will enable us to accelerate the development of our technology, scale our programs, and expedite the delivery of impactful vaccines against future pathogens,” said Joshua Blight, CEO & Co-Founder, Baseimmune.
  • By using big data and a design algorithm, Baseimmune has been able to shorten the time it takes to develop a vaccine candidate.

Minister MacAulay announces support for Animal Health Canada's work to prevent and prepare for animal disease outbreaks

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Jeudi, mars 7, 2024
FAP, CFIA, Livestock, Food safety, Deer, Investment, Viral disease, Pig, Executive Schedule, Cattle, Animal, Sheep, AAFC, ASF, Government, Goat, FMD, Risk, African swine fever virus, Food, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health, Pithing, Disease, Foot, Research, Human

Today the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced an investment of up to $1,697,850 to Animal Health Canada to support their role in foreign animal disease prevention and preparedness efforts in Canada, including for African swine fever (ASF) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).

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  • Today the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced an investment of up to $1,697,850 to Animal Health Canada to support their role in foreign animal disease prevention and preparedness efforts in Canada, including for African swine fever (ASF) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).
  • Animal Health Canada brings together the agriculture industry, and federal, provincial and territorial partners to provide input on a cohesive, functional and responsive farmed animal health and welfare system in Canada.
  • Animal Health Canada's coordination role with partners and stakeholders has been key to Canada's animal disease prevention, and to ensuring our livestock sector is ready in the event of an outbreak.
  • -       The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    "We're pleased we are continuing our collaboration with industry and government to not only prevent and control African swine fever in Canada, but other foreign animal disease outbreaks."

Innohas Air-Transports Frozen Kimbap to the U.S., Delivering the 'Taste of K-Food' to Local Consumers

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Vendredi, novembre 17, 2023
ASF, Meat, Food industry, Plant, Atmosphere, African swine fever virus, KOREA

This decision represents a significant departure from the conventional sea freight methods commonly employed for food exports, especially frozen items.

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  • This decision represents a significant departure from the conventional sea freight methods commonly employed for food exports, especially frozen items.
  • The three varieties of kimbap being airfreighted by Innohas include Vegetable Kimbap, Plant-based Bulgogi Kimbap, and Plant-based Kimchi Spicy Bulgogi Kimbap.
  • In light of this, Innohas has stated, "We are grateful that frozen kimbap has increased awareness of Korean cuisine in the U.S.
  • Meanwhile, following its introduction in the United States, Sunlit Foods' frozen kimbap is set to be exported to Germany and the United Kingdom in December.

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics Announces Data Showing PrimeStore® Molecular Transport Medium Inactivates High Consequence Animal Viruses

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Jeudi, octobre 12, 2023
Veterinary, Health, Food, Vaccine, Pithing, BioRxiv, Doctor of Philosophy, Livestock, Public, Accuracy and precision, Animal, ASF, Safety, Collection, Virus, African swine fever virus, Influenza B virus, Poultry, SARS-CoV-2, Virulent Newcastle disease, Molecular diagnostics, Human, HPAI, Zoonosis, Dicarboxylic acid, Animal husbandry, Longhorn, DVM

Zoonotic diseases are a significant threat to human and animal populations and global food production.

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  • Zoonotic diseases are a significant threat to human and animal populations and global food production.
  • This includes the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic that has dramatically affected humans and domestic and wild animal species.
  • The study, titled “Inactivation of Highly Transmissible Livestock and Avian Viruses Including Influenza A and Newcastle Disease Virus for Molecular Diagnostics,” found:
    PS-MTM completely inactivates viruses representing highly contagious animal diseases in the presence of species-relevant sample matrices.
  • Add to that the biosafety and biosecurity risks of transporting high consequence disease samples and the typical need to keep samples cold.

Pure Storage Advances Chungbuk Technopark's AI Development Platform to Help Local Businesses Innovate and Grow Successfully

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Mardi, août 15, 2023
Digital, Patent, Hankook Ilbo, Farmer, Deep learning, Livestock, Movement, Hankook Ilbo Media Group, ASF, PSTG, Machine learning, NVIDIA, Pure Storage, Economic development, Workload, African swine fever virus, Pure, Growth, AI, Environment, NYSE, GPU, Skin, DGX, Video game, Dairy

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world's most advanced data storage technology and services, today announced that Chungbuk Technopark, a regional innovation hub in Chungcheongbuk-do Province, has leveraged FlashBlade®, its unified fast file and object storage platform, to enhance the AI development environment it provides to local businesses by boosting storage data processing performance and significantly improving GPU usage.

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  • To support AI initiatives, the company needed storage with AI-optimized performance, simple management, and that was easily upgradeable.
  • Benefits that Pure Storage delivers to Chungbuk Technopark include:
    Advanced AI development infrastructure: Chungbuk Technopark increased data processing performance twofold, improved the GPU server's data read speed, and expanded GPU usage from 30% to 80%—an increase of about 2.6x.
  • Pure Storage supports Chungbuk Technopark's efforts to help local companies innovate AI-enabled services and products.
  • -- Cheol-hong Kim, Digital Strategy, Team Leader, Chungbuk Technopark
    "The advancement of the AI development environment of Chungbuk Technopark has helped many local businesses maximize the potential of AI and data and accelerate innovation.

Government of Canada helping pork producers prepare for a possible outbreak of African swine fever

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Jeudi, août 3, 2023
Human, MB, Face, Viral disease, Food safety, Research, Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Government, ASF, African swine fever virus, Local government in Canada, Federation, Health, Pig, Agriculture

WINNIPEG, MB, Aug. 3, 2023 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is announcing an investment of $944,340 to the Manitoba Pork Council through the African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program (ASFIPP) to help Canada's pork industry prepare for the possibility of African swine fever (ASF) entering the country.

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  • WINNIPEG, MB, Aug. 3, 2023 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is announcing an investment of $944,340 to the Manitoba Pork Council through the African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program (ASFIPP) to help Canada's pork industry prepare for the possibility of African swine fever (ASF) entering the country.
  • We will continue to work diligently to safeguard the pork sector and ensure it remains resilient should an outbreak occur."
  • African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Welfare Slaughter and Disposal Stream
    Preventing and preparing for ASF is a shared responsibility between federal, provincial, and territorial governments, and industry.
  • The African swine fever Executive Management Board (ASF EMB) includes membership from federal and provincial governments, and industry representatives.

Persistently High Retail Prices, Soft Demand Cloud Outlook for U.S. Pork Producers

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Jeudi, juillet 27, 2023
Knowledge, Pressure, Growth, CoBank, ASF, African swine fever virus, Pig

Soft domestic demand for pork and a murky outlook for U.S. pork exports are compounding the market challenges.

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  • Soft domestic demand for pork and a murky outlook for U.S. pork exports are compounding the market challenges.
  • Persistently high retail pork prices and a decline in food-at-home spending in the U.S. are limiting domestic consumption growth.
  • “Ultimately, these challenges all fall on the shoulders of pork producers,” said Brian Earnest , lead animal protein economist for CoBank.
  • “But longer term, if retail pork prices begin to return to a normal level it should help domestic demand recover.

Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture meet to support a competitive and sustainable agriculture and agri-food sector

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Vendredi, juillet 21, 2023
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In view of this, Ministers committed to continuous improvement of BRM programs to support farmers and ranchers.

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  • In view of this, Ministers committed to continuous improvement of BRM programs to support farmers and ranchers.
  • In order to ensure timeliness, simplicity and predictability of AgriStability, Ministers agreed to the implementation of an optional new model.
  • Ministers support the importance of traceability measures and stated the necessity of ensuring that measures are designed to reflect operational realities.
  • Sustainable CAP is a five-year, $3.5-billion investment by Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments that supports Canada's agri-food and agri-products sectors.

Absolute Biotech Relaunches SCICONS™ dsRNA Antibodies and ELISA Kits

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Jeudi, juillet 20, 2023
DNA, Hepatitis, RNA, Chikungunya, Antibody, Messenger, ELISA, Rhinovirus, Fever Dream, African swine fever virus, Rabies, Virus, FC, Vaccine, J5

BOSTON, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Absolute Biotech, a new company uniting multiple antibody-centric brands into a single organization specializing in antibody reagents, kits and services, today announced the reintroduction of SCICONS™ dsRNA antibodies. Originally developed in 1990, SCICONS antibodies have become the gold standard in double-stranded RNA detection, with hundreds of peer-reviewed citations characterizing their use in a diverse range of applications. The antibodies are now available to scientists worldwide through Absolute Biotech, with offerings including the original clones, ELISA kits and recombinant engineered antibody formats.

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  • BOSTON, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Absolute Biotech , a new company uniting multiple antibody-centric brands into a single organization specializing in antibody reagents, kits and services, today announced the reintroduction of SCICONS™ dsRNA antibodies.
  • The antibodies are now available to scientists worldwide through Absolute Biotech, with offerings including the original clones, ELISA kits and recombinant engineered antibody formats.
  • In addition to the original mouse monoclonal antibodies, Absolute Biotech offers the antibodies packaged into ELISA kits as well as recombinantly produced formats.
  • You can learn more about the SCICONS™ dsRNA antibodies and ELISA kits here .