New Process Could Aid Biodefense In Rapidly Detecting Dangerous Pathogens

... Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health demonstrated that proteomic mass spectrometry has the potential to be used to identify viruses in complex environmental samples. The researchers believe that their mass spectrometric method could potentially be used for biodefense and public health preparedness as a tool for rapidly detecting norovirus -- a category B bioterrorism agent -- and other viral public health threats. ...