Before the pandemic, there was only a small group of researchers dedicated to studying coronaviruses. Now though, scientists around the world are turning their focus to the virus called SARS-CoV-2.

With COVID-19 cases still on the rise, Stanford’s newly expanded biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) lab is providing the University’s researchers with a safe place to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States in 2020, the American research community experienced a sudden spike in funding. Universities, pharmaceutical companies, and state and federal ...

From classrooms to high-containment research facilities, biosafety practices keep scientists, students, and communities safe. The latest CDC and ASM guidelines emphasize risk assessment, training, and ...

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 ...

Containment cabinets in a BSL-3 laboratory, prior to the construction of modern BSL-4 labs. At first glance, the lab looks like any other. The refrigerators, centrifuges, and computers are all ...

The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has, like many recessions before, led to a slowdown in building projects, from education to retail to office towers. One outlier? The niche ...

Since 2001, biological risks—from terror attacks involving anthrax letters to outbreaks of new and re-emerging infectious diseases like SARS, Ebola, H5N1 avian ...

The city of Boston plans to toughen up laboratory safety protocols after revelations that three Boston University (BU) researchers were accidentally infected with a lethal strain of tularemia they ...

The launch of a long-awaited biosafety laboratory at the University of Wyoming this month will enable scientists to investigate deadly biological agents, including the bacteria that cause brucellosis.

Delivered through a public-private partnership with Hunt Real Estate & Infrastructure, the Dallas County HHS BSL-3 Laboratory represents a $52 million investment in the county's public health future.