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We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our research

  • Written by Ronald Corley, Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University
We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our researchSecurity precautions, thoughtful facilities design, careful training and safe lab practices help keep pathogens isolated.Boston University Photography, CC BY-ND

Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Within this secure lab facility in...

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