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 ...

Several years ago, I was contracted to perform an evaluation study for an existing biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) biocontainment laboratory on the West Coast. The lab was actively performing research on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

India strengthens pandemic preparedness with a new BSL-4 biocontainment facility in Gandhinagar for advanced virology ...

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 ...

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, ...

What do hantavirus, the Yersinia pestis bacteria, the 1918 influenzas virus, and the H5N1 virus have in common? The virus found in rodent droppings, the culprit behind the Black Death, the cause of ...

THE Ministry of Health is moving to significantly strengthen Guyana’s laboratory services with the establishment of a new biosafety laboratory, upgrades to ...