In Manhattan, Kan., the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), an animal disease research facility, has finished construction. Replacing the 68-year-old Plum Island Animal Disease Center, NBAF ...
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There are 59 biosafety level 4 labs (BSL-4) in the world, but only a few scored high on safety. A new report revealed only a quarter of countries with these labs have high biosecurity scores. The labs ...
The biosafety Level 4 laboratory is something new for the Hamilton facility. Researchers working in these highly controlled environments are required to go through an elaborate process that includes ...
Ebola virus research is conducted in maximum containment Biosafety Level 4, or BSL-4, laboratories, where investigators wear positive-pressure suits and breathe filtered air as they work. Here, ...
Boston’s Public Health Commission has decided to regulate biological-research laboratories working with dangerous, infectious microbes, such as those in Boston University’s planned facility for ...