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Complete Containment

February 8, 2014
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Complete Containment

(R&D) Laboratories are like a living organism: They need to breathe to survive. Air exchange and management is one of a laboratory’s primary functions, and like the creature that breathes with lungs, the research environment contains many cells, or pockets, of both pure and contaminated air. These enclosures, from small gloveboxes to entire cleanrooms, protect Read More »

February 8, 2014
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Researchers gear up to battle bug that’s devastating U.S. citrus crop

(The Fresno Bee) In a secure Biosafety 3 containment facility at the University of California at Davis, researchers are required to de-robe, pull on scrubs and pass through negative pressure doors — something like an airlock — before they can begin their work. Leaving requires a shower and more airlocks.

February 8, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biosafety, and Research
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Publishing Data On New Disease Strains Draws Concern Of Intelligence Analysts

February 5, 2014
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Publishing Data On New Disease Strains Draws Concern Of Intelligence Analysts

(Mint Press News) The new strain produces a type of deadly botulinum toxin for which there is no antidote. For that reason, California scientists and public health officials decided to redact the bacteria’s sequence information to prevent it from falling into terrorist hands.

February 5, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and Research
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