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bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2014, 02:09 PM Oct 2014

The free worlds's Biological Defense Industry- another DU collaborative investigation thread.

The sky is the limit when it comes to defending against biological warfare.

Just for starters I choose Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences (Wikipedia entry)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_Sciences

Gilead Sciences Corporate History Timeline (Gilead Sciences website)
http://www.gilead.com/about/corporate-history-timeline

A key component of biodefense is the modification of RNA to manufacture specific viruses, at Gilead this was named antisense.

AVI BioPharma and Isis Pharmaceuticals did R&D using this modified RNA in infectious disease like AIDS, hepatitis, ebola all of which could be used as weapons requiring defense.

AVI BioPharma Moves Forward With Marburg Virus Drug (Global BioDefense 2-29-12 AVI PR repost)
http://globalbiodefense.com/2012/02/29/avi-biopharma-moves-forward-with-marburg-virus-drug

Isis Pharmaceutical has some current people with employment histories that are in the realm of what Richard Bruce Cheney called the "darkside".

Isis Current People (Crunchbase.com)
http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/isis-pharmaceuticals/insights/current-people

I hope this thread grows with your help DU. Biological Warfare Defense is really important, so is its history.

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The free worlds's Biological Defense Industry- another DU collaborative investigation thread. (Original Post) bobthedrummer Oct 2014 OP

Any Company that would hire " We need another Pearl Harbor " Rumsfeld, is orpupilofnature57 Oct 2014 #1

He wasn't hired by Gilead he was appointed to Chairman in January 1997. Kick for participation. n/t bobthedrummer Oct 2014 #2

C'mon DU-add your say about biological weapons defense. n/t bobthedrummer Oct 2014 #3

Great collaborative effort , as usual. I know many of you are far more knowable then I am. Add bobthedrummer Oct 2014 #4

orpupilofnature57

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1. Any Company that would hire " We need another Pearl Harbor " Rumsfeld, is

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Mon Oct 13, 2014, 02:21 PM

Oct 2014

suspect no matter what else they've done .

bobthedrummer

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2. He wasn't hired by Gilead he was appointed to Chairman in January 1997. Kick for participation. n/t

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Tue Oct 14, 2014, 11:35 AM

Oct 2014

bobthedrummer

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3. C'mon DU-add your say about biological weapons defense. n/t

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Tue Oct 14, 2014, 07:55 PM

Oct 2014

bobthedrummer

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4. Great collaborative effort , as usual. I know many of you are far more knowable then I am. Add

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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 12:53 PM

Oct 2014

to this thread. Below are a few more links as background.

Douglas Feith is cited in this 1986 The Scientist article by Seth Shulman. Remember him???

Military Spending Spurs Interest In Research on Biological Weapons
http://www.thescientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/8273/title/Military-Spending-Spurs-Interest-In-Research-on-Biological-Weapons

Below is a recently redacted DoD Report from July 2001, not light reading but well worth it today imho. Search for it if the link from the DoD has technical difficulties.

Report on Biological Warfare Defense Vaccine Research & Development Programs
http://www.defense.gov/pubs/reportonbiologicalwarfaredefensvaccineRDPrgas-July2001.pdf

The National Security Archive has a well documented look at the history of what Nixon suggested when he "banned" biological offensive weapons and opened the door to anything "defensive"-this was published in December 2001.

BIOWAR (The National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 58)
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB58

Add your input to this thread DU.

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