[img id=”77367″ align=”alignleft”] In the prion lab deep within the maze of the U of C hospital complex, large plate-glass windows line the wall that ...

On May 25, 2023, merely six weeks before the Wuhan Biosafety lab lost its NIH funding amid the controversy of possible lab leaks and connection with COVID-19, the U.S. proudly opened the doors of the ...

Several years ago, I was contracted to perform an evaluation study for an existing biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) biocontainment laboratory on the West Coast. The lab was actively performing research on ...

The field of biotechnology has great potential to improve the health and lives of our community and the world. Progress in this field has led to great strides in health care, but there are inherent ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has received regulatory approval to conduct activities at biosafety level 2. The laboratory complex thus opens up new research and ...

What do hantavirus, the Yersinia pestis bacteria, the 1918 influenzas virus, and the H5N1 virus have in common? The virus found in rodent droppings, the culprit behind the Black Death, the cause of ...

A former senior adviser to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci shared “confidential” communications with EcoHealth Alliance about how the agency was ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a nearly $8 million grant to construct a facility for research involving COVID-19, anthrax, tuberculosis and other dangerous microorganisms. The ...

Update: Executive Order 14292, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research”, issued on May 5, 2025, has ordered a suspension of all federally funded dangerous gain-of-function research ...

BSL-2 is designed for work with agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment. These agents are associated with human diseases that are generally treatable or preventable. Agents ...

Klare X. Allen stands in the middle of the gravel parking lot that may one day house Boston University’s “biocontainment” laboratory, pointing out landmarks. Her arm sweeps in a semicircle, past the ...

For safety reasons, biohazard waste containers are puncture-resistant. This is particularly important when disposing of ...