The University no longer operates any Biosafety Level 3 laboratories following changes to SARS-CoV-2 research containment ...

Experts have raised biosafety concerns amid a rapid rise in the number of labs handling dangerous pathogens. As the debate over the potential origin of the COVID-19 pandemic rages, a group of ...

Any proposed modification to an approved protocol must be approved by the IBC prior to implementation. Once an amendment has been submitted to the committee, it is pre-reviewed by a subcommittee of ...

Recent accidents involving deadly pathogens at a leading laboratory in the United States highlight the need for a major global rethink of biosafety controls, experts say. The Centers for Disease ...

Biosafety is the application of preventive methods to reduce the risk of exposure to biological agents or biohazards, which can affect the health of laboratory personnel, the community and the ...

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Environmental Health & Safety unit, within the Research & Innovation division, has recently updated the biosafety module in its hands-on laboratory safety training ...

There’s so much scientists still don’t know about the novel coronavirus: basic stuff, like how exactly it invades a host’s healthy cells, the molecular interactions that enable it to spread through ...

A research lab at Fort Detrick is restructuring after an investigation last year found a larger breakdown of trust in leadership taking safety concerns seriously, according to the National Institutes ...

Lt. Cmdr. Danett Bishop, from Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, tests respiratory samples in the biological safety lab of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on March 18, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by ...

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 ...

CoWorkr enables real-time risk assessment and automation to R-Zero’s biosafety platform for more efficient facility management Combination of these two technologies creates workplace disinfection ...

Since the 2001 anthrax letter attacks that killed five people and raised the specter of bioterrorism in the United States, the number of high-level biosafety labs operated by governments, universities ...