Summary of recommended biosafety levels for management of biological organisms. The laboratory director is specifically and primarily responsible for assessing the risks and applying the appropriate ...

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 ...

PATIENTS are set to benefit from improved diagnostic services with the establishment of Guyana’s first-ever Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratory, which ...

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 ...

Tulane National Primate Research Center south of Covington. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (CHUCK COOK) At the Tulane National Primate Research Center near Covington, the most secure labs are ...

While we can mathematically quantify the corresponding risk to laboratory workers, extending that risk assessment to the local and global community poses numerous challenges. First, we need a full ...

Michigan Tech requires that all personnel involved in the use of hazardous biological materials are properly trained. Biosafety Training courses are available online through CITI Program and Safety ...

Our luck has run out. The worst pandemic in a century has killed over 3.7 million people globally. In the United States, almost 600,000 have lost their lives to COVID-19. Societies around the world ...

Researchers at Montana State University have validated and compared two methods for inactivating the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that would enable the virus to be studied at ...

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 scene at Judson College on Tuesday looked more like news footage of scientists treating deadly bacteria than a student science lab. Covered in white robes, plastic caps, safety goggles, masks and ...