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The Laboratory That Infects Salad With Deadly Pathogens

(Popular Science) Deep in the Illinois Institute of Technology is a Biosafety Level 3 certified containment unit: one of the only places in the country that intentionally infects spinach with live, potentially deadly E. coli pathogens. Lab workers don moon suits, step through an airlock, and then send 500 pounds of salad splashing down a  Read More »

Airflow problems plague CDC bioterror lab

(USA TODAY) A $214 million bioterror germ lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has had repeated problems with airflow systems designed to help prevent the release of infectious agents, government documents and internal e-mails show. While the agency says no one has been infected, a biosafety expert says the problems  Read More »

Gene Therapy Society Looking to NIH to Revisit Role of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee

(Genetic Engineering News) Goal is to restrict involvement in clinical trials and focus the RAC on questions of public concern. The principal U.S. professional society representing gene therapists is awaiting word from NIH about whether or not there will be re-examination of the role of its Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC). They aim to limit  Read More »

‘Hunger Games’ Science: Investigating Genetically Engineered Organisms

(New York Times) What lessons can we learn about genetically engineered organisms from the example of the jabberjay, a fictional bird in the movie “The Hunger Games”? In this lesson, students discuss the definition of genetically modified organisms, learn about the risks and benefits of research on G.M.O.’s, explore the growing do-it-yourself biology movement, and  Read More »

Shortfalls Seen in Western Pacific Biolab Controls

(Global Security Newswire) An audit of disease research facilities in Western Pacific nations turned up a slew of shortcomings in measures to prevent the spread of dangerous biological agents, specialists announced in London last week. Slightly less than one-third of barriers for biological agent handling tables failed to function as intended, according to an examination  Read More »

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