The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has identified irregularities in the approval of four genetically ...

In biosafety testing, the expression “dot your i’s and cross your t’s” comes to mind. If only biosafety testing were so simple. But it isn’t. Yes, biosafety testing does require that we attend to the ...

Nigeria's biosafety regulator has ordered the suspension of four newly registered genetically modified cotton varieties over regulatory breaches, raising fresh concerns about compliance and oversight ...

Experts have raised biosafety concerns amid a rapid rise in the number of labs handling dangerous pathogens. As the debate over the potential origin of the COVID-19 pandemic rages, a group of ...

The rapid growth of the biologics safety testing market has led to the need for more testing capabilities in manufacturing and clinical research. Industry guidelines require biopharmaceutical and ...

Any proposed modification to an approved protocol must be approved by the IBC prior to implementation. Once an amendment has been submitted to the committee, it is pre-reviewed by a subcommittee of ...

Recent accidents involving deadly pathogens at a leading laboratory in the United States highlight the need for a major global rethink of biosafety controls, experts say. The Centers for Disease ...

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...

Lt. Cmdr. Danett Bishop, from Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, tests respiratory samples in the biological safety lab of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on March 18, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by ...

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 ...

Western Michigan University recognizes the importance of supporting a broad spectrum of research activities. Cognizant that these activities may be accompanied by some risks, the University requires ...

This policy is to formalize the University of Colorado Boulder’s obligation to ensure that research activities involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules (rsNA) and bio hazardous ...