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State could bolster lab oversight

(Frederick News Post) “Biosafety and biosecurity regulation and oversight is currently fragmented in Maryland, as it is in much of the country, and laboratories have to report to a multitude of federal and state organizations,” Young said at a Senate Finance Committee …

CDC Refuses to Identify “Select Agent” Sites

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. government is not obligated to disclose the names or placement of facilities that manage dangerous disease materials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told activists in Maryland on Tuesday. The United States as of March 1 had 365 sites listed as handling or delivering potentially harmful substances designated  Read More »

Synthetic Biology Brouhaha

(Genetic Engineering News) Earlier this week the environmental group Friends of the Earth released a report entitled “Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology.” Twenty pages long, the report established seven principles “to safeguard public health and the environment …

Lab chemicals removed from Texas campus

(Nature.com) Jasheway’s research was part of the lab’s federally funded work to develop an antidote for ricin, a highly toxic protein found in the castor oil plant Ricinus communis and a potential bioterror agent. Jasheway’s work involved using a non-toxic …

Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health Research

(PLoS Blogs) After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of H5N1 bird flu virus mutants that can pass between mammals. The decision was made with the caveat of delaying publication, in part to settle the anxieties of the public over the  Read More »

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