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 ...

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 ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – NightHawk Biosciences has announced plans to build a new advanced biosafety level 2 laboratory that will add biodefense and infectious disease capabilities at its Morrisville ...

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 ...

A Boston University graduate student working in a microbiology laboratory at the School of Medicine last week became infected with the same strain of meningitis bacteria he had experimented with a few ...

Recombinant DNA Infectious organisms and viruses (like parasites, bacteria, fungi, prions, and viroids) Biologically active agents (like toxins, allergens, and venoms) Human blood and blood products ...