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Beyond the breach: Officials look back at safety and security a decade after anthrax scare

(FrederickNewsPost.com) Ten years ago today, a leaking flask of anthrax set off a series of events that led scientist Bruce Ivins to an unsettling discovery: Anthrax spores had made their way outside a containment lab, contaminating several areas and renewing fears that the community at large was at risk for possible exposure. Army investigators never Read More »

April 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Controversial bird flu experiments produced no killer virus, scientists say

(Washington Post) Two controversial research projects with the H5N1 bird flu virus haven’t produced a killer bug but have generated useful information, two researchers told scientists and bioethicists gathered here to talk about the benefits and pitfalls of manipulating deadly pathogens. “We can use this information to understand what’s happening in nature,” Yoshihiro Kawaoka of Read More »

April 6, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biosafety, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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H5N1 mutations, other details unveiled at H5N1 meeting

(CIDRAP News) Kawaoka also gave a detailed view of his lab’s biosecurity measures, which are based on US government regulations and adhere to agricultural biosafety level 3 (BSL-3). He said the term “enhanced BSL-3” is nonspecific, and that more efforts are needed …

April 4, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biosafety, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Biosafety Labs to Open This Week – BU Today

BU TodayBiosafety Labs to Open This WeekBU TodayThis week has seen the first researchers move into BU's new biosafety labs. Photo by Vernon Doucette This week, $200 million worth of laboratories that have been idle for three-plus years on the Medical Campus begin their first research: combating the …BU Biolab to begin Level-2 research, continue Read More »

April 4, 2012
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A&M seeks state money to land federal biosecurity facility – Dallas Morning News (subscription)

A&M seeks state money to land federal biosecurity facilityDallas Morning News (subscription)Rick Perry and legislative leaders for $40 million for their bid to reel in a big federal biosecurity installation, at a time when money is tight for public schools and other state priorities. In Firefox, go to Tools / Clear Recent History.