The lowest of the four biosafety levels and is suitable for work involving well-characterized agents not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans. These organisms pose minimal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – Patients are set to benefit from improved diagnostic services with the establishment of Guyana's first-ever Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) ...

The two documents that apply broadly to biological agents and research in the United States are Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories and National Institutes of Health Guidelines ...

Understanding the differences between biological safety cabinets and laminar flow cabinets helps ensure the correct level of containment.

Guyana will soon benefit from its first ever Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratory which according to a Department of Public Information release yesterday, will offer patients improved diagnostic ...