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 ...

None of the measures US officials are considering to protect people from biological research risks would have caught major incidents at two high-level US government laboratories.

Canada’s only Biosafety Level 4 lab is looking for new leadership once again. In a Saturday interview, Jason Kindrachuk confirmed he is stepping down as vice-president of the National Microbiology ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although some Boston City Councilors will continue to fight the opening of Boston University’s Biosafety level-4 laboratory Wednesday, BU students said they were unaware that their next door neighbor ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canada’s only Biosafety Level 4 lab — the highest and strictest level of biocontainment — is again looking for new leadership. In an interview on Saturday, Jason Kindrachuk confirmed he is stepping ...