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Malaria Finds its Way to the U.S. Again
Wherever and whenever animals have been domesticated for human use, zoonotic disease has followed. Horses conveyed the common cold virus; from chickens came bird flu, shingles, and chicken pox; pigs and ducks donated influenza; from cattle arose measles, tuberculosis, and smallpox; and from mosquitoes, we got dengue, West Nile, Zika, and malaria. Continued human domestication […]
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Fighting Fire with Fire
The use of messenger RNA (mRNA) is driving the next generation of vaccine development. A naturally-occurring molecule in the body’s cells, mRNA carries genetic information from DNA to create various proteins and drive cell functions. When infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus hijacks this cell machinery to make more virus, which then makes us sick. Scientists […]
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What’s the Difference Between Endemic, Outbreak, Epidemic, and Pandemic?
Endemic, outbreak, epidemic, and pandemic. These terms are probably familiar to you. They are also too often used interchangeably, which is unfortunate, as they have important meanings in reference to distinct levels of disease. What’s the Difference Between Endemic, Outbreak, Epidemic, and Pandemic? To better understand pandemics, it is important to know the differences between […]
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Detonator Sampling Tool
Enabling safe and efficient collection of explosive samples from a wide range of detonators for forensic analysis
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MRIGlobal Hosted NIIMBL eXperience
This week, MRIGlobal’s Kansas City headquarters hosted a cohort from the NIIMBL eXperience, which is offered to African American/Black, Latinx, and Native American students from around the country who are completing their freshman or sophomore year of college. The experience is intended to provide real-world insight into biopharmaceutical careers in industry, academia, government, and non-profits […]
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Virtual Reality Training to Support an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Although traditional learning methods such as lectures, reading material, videos, and demonstrations are a tried-and-true means of providing technical information to learners, simulator-based instruction can accelerate and enhance comprehension of equipment functionality and operational procedures in many ways. Simulated equipment and environments give trainees “hands-on” experience before they ever touch real-world machines. Virtual Simulators also […]
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Engineering is Everywhere
At MRIGlobal, engineering is everywhere. From one of our largest engineering projects with the Athena Mobile Laboratory to one of our smallest, the microfluidic device designed by Arjun Garapaty during his recent internship, and online projects like the Open Architecture Data Management System (OADMS) described in our 2022 Impact report. In doing so, we support […]
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Work Hard, Play Hard
Each spring in Kansas City, we run, spike, and fling off our winter chill by doing what we do best (aside from scientific research and engineering) – we take gold in our division of the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. This Olympic-style series of events – including basketball, track & field, pickleball, cornhole, swimming, and many […]
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Five Diseases Tied to Climate Change
With recent changes in weather toward warm and humid conditions as a result of changes in climate, infectious diseases that are spread to humans through nonhuman vectors are candidates for changes in their geographic location. These changes will potentially affect the ability of those vectors to survive, both increasing and decreasing areas of disease prevalence. […]
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Go, Team Science!
During infectious disease outbreaks, both formal and informal networks are critical for a rapid and coordinated response. The return on investment for cooperative engagement programs became evident immediately in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. As the world moves into the future challenges of both a rapidly changing climate and increased threat of infectious diseases, scientific networks […]
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It’s Getting Hotter in Here
It’s getting hotter in here. In fact, July 4, 2023 was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979. Researchers from the World Meteorological Organization recently announced that it’s likely “we will pass the 1.5° C global warming threshold between now and 2027.” One study published by the Yale School of the Environment suggests […]
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Biodetection is a Race Against Time
Threats like bacteria, fungi, viruses, and toxins – especially those that are emerging and novel – pose a constant challenge. Effective biodetection of these threats is often a race against time because it can be difficult for potentially impacted people to access the right diagnostics when needed, so they may not be able to get […]
Biosurveillance & Threat Detection Field-Forward Pathogen Detection In Vitro Diagnostics Solutions
