April 29, 2005

Biosafety Committees Come Under Scrutiny

By KELLY FIELD

As the panels are about to take on a wider role, investigations find flaws in their work

Table: Breaches in biosafety approvals at major research universities

Tulane University, in New Orleans, is a biomedical-research powerhouse. A partner in two federally financed biodefense-research consortiums, the university operates one highly secure Biosafety Level 3 laboratory and is building three more. The university's

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