October 10, 2003

U. of Texas Medical Branch and Boston U. Win Grants for 'Biocontainment' Labs

Washington

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Many colleges are vying for a portion of the growing pot of federal money for research to defend against biological terrorism, and last week Boston University and the University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, won the race for the two biggest such awards to date.

The National Institutes of Health said it would give the Boston and Galveston institutions $128-million and $110-million, respectively, to help build highly secure

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