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 ...

In biosafety testing, the expression “dot your i’s and cross your t’s” comes to mind. If only biosafety testing were so simple. But it isn’t. Yes, biosafety testing does require that we attend to the ...

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 ...

Department of Biotechnology under the Union Government has granted its certification to the Biosafety Level – 3 Laboratory of ...

The rapid growth of the biologics safety testing market has led to the need for more testing capabilities in manufacturing and clinical research. Industry guidelines require biopharmaceutical and ...

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 ...

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 ...

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...

Representatives in the House on Wednesday appeared to find common ground on the issue of strengthening safety mechanisms for biomedical research, indicating bipartisan support for legislative work ...

Western Michigan University recognizes the importance of supporting a broad spectrum of research activities. Cognizant that these activities may be accompanied by some risks, the University requires ...

This policy is to formalize the University of Colorado Boulder’s obligation to ensure that research activities involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules (rsNA) and bio hazardous ...