A project by Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, on lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs was written about in Science.
“The number of high-containment labs studying the deadliest known pathogens is booming. A new analysis warns the growing number of labs is raising risks of an accidental release or misuse of germs such as the Ebola and Nipah viruses.
“The more labs and people working with dangerous pathogens, the risks go up,” says biosecurity expert Filippa Lentzos of King’s College London, who started the Global BioLabs mapping project 2 years ago with Gregory Koblentz of George Mason University.” Read more
