Research advances in NIAID's biodefense program are highlighted in news releases issued periodically by the Institute. Reporters who need further information or want to interview NIAID staff should call the Office of Communications and Public Liaison at (301) 402-1663.

2003-2004 Releases | See earlier releases

• July 4, 2004
  3-D Structure of Anthrax Toxin Complex Solved
• May 19, 2004
  NIAID Forms Network to Tackle Potentially Fatal Reaction to Smallpox Vaccine
• March 24, 2004
  Mouse Model Mimics Real-World Plague Infection
• March 10, 2004
  Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated Against Monkeypox
• November 18, 2003
  NIAID Ebola Vaccine Enters Human Trial
• September 30, 2003
  NIAID Funds Construction of Biosafety Laboratories
• September 29, 2003
  NIAID Reports 'Tremendous Progress' in Biodefense Research
• September 17, 2003
  $85 Million Awarded for Research on Human Immunity and Biodefense
• September 4, 2003
  HHS Announces New Regional Centers for Biodefense Research
• September 2, 2003
  Mouse Study Gives New View of Anthrax Toxin
• August 6, 2003
  Fast-Acting Ebola Vaccine Protects Monkeys
• April 30, 2003
  Anthrax Genome Decoded
• February 25, 2003
  HHS Announces Contracts To Develop Safer Smallpox Vaccines
• January 8, 2003
  Powerful Technologies Probe Innate Immunity

Earlier Releases (2002 and before)

• October 17, 2002
  Dr. Marshall Bloom Named Associate Director of Rocky Mt. Laboratories
• October 15, 2002
  USAMRIID-NIAID Announce Research Partnership at Fort Detrick
• October 3, 2002
  HHS Announces Contracts for Developing a New Anthrax Vaccine
• June 11, 2002
  NIAID Expands Vaccine Testing Network
• May 9, 2002
  Researchers Unravel Anthrax Genome
• April 25, 2002
  Single Gene Leap Led to Flea-Borne Transmission of Plague Bacterium
• March 28, 2002
  NIAID Study Results Support Diluting Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile to Stretch Supply
• March 14, 2002
  NIAID Unveils Counter-Bioterrorism Research Agenda
• December 6, 2001
  HHS Accelerates Bioterrorism Research
• October 23, 2001
  NIAID-supported Anthrax studies appearing in the journal Nature
• November 29, 2000
  Novel Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Ebola Infection