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Tag Archives: laboratories
The Shape of Water and U.S. Labs—Must Be Time for the Oscars!
Are you getting ready to watch the Academy Awards? In today’s WatchBlog, we take a look at the current crop of Oscar nominees and consider the cinematic side of some of the important issues we cover. Spoiler alert: The papers … Continue reading
Securing Anthrax (and Other Dangerous Pathogens)—the Risk of “Incomplete Inactivation”
In 2015, the Department of Defense discovered that one of its laboratories had inadvertently sent live anthrax to almost 200 other labs worldwide over 12 years. Labs routinely inactivate samples of dangerous pathogens so they can be shipped to other … Continue reading
