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I study coronavirus in a highly secured biosafety lab – here's why I feel safer here than in the world outside

  • Written by Troy Sutton, Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
imageTroy Sutton works with potentially deadly pathogens but the right precautions greatly reduce the risks.Penn State, CC BY-ND

It’s quiet in the laboratory, almost peaceful. But I’m holding live SARS-CoV-2 in my hands and this virus is not to be taken lightly.

As I dilute the coronavirus to infect cultured cells, I hear the reassuring sound...

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