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 ...

Ebola virus research is conducted in maximum containment Biosafety Level 4, or BSL-4, laboratories, where investigators wear positive-pressure suits and breathe filtered air as they work. Here, ...

Goal is to provide screening approach for candidates targeting viruses that pose public health and biodefense threats. Southern Research will work with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at ...

A rash of new maximum-security biosafety-level-4 (BSL-4) labs are being built in the European Union (EU), and even more are planned, but some scientists are arguing that the bloc already has more ...

Biosecurity practices cannot be built without a strong safety culture and it is therefore generally agreed that training should be a precondition for starting work in specialized, safety- and security ...