Containment cabinets in a BSL-3 laboratory, prior to the construction of modern BSL-4 labs. At first glance, the lab looks like any other. The refrigerators, centrifuges, and computers are all ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON – Boston University (BU) received the go-ahead on Feb. 16 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to erect a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory. BU is only the second university in the ...

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 ...

Galveston academics faced a formidable task in the late 1990s when they first sought to build an ultrasecure lab to study the world's most infectious diseases. How best, they wondered, to convince ...

There are several points I would like to make in response to Henry Joseph’s letter of 21 October. 1. Plum Island is not a Level 4 Biosafety Lab – It is operated by Department of Agriculture. The ...

Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of identity verification technology, today announced that the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) has selected Bioscrypt's V-Pass and V-Station biometric ...

A specialized lab at the University of Calgary is reopening to develop research into treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. The U of C's Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) lab, which is located in the Snyder ...