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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
imageSecurity 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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