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Studies on developing a safe-management standard system for Chinese biosafety laboratories

open access: yesJournal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2019
Standardization management is one of the key prerequisites to guarantee the effective and safe functioning of high-level biosafety laboratories. Since the outbreak of SARS, increasing numbers of biosafety laboratory levels have been established in China.
Feng W   +4 more
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Biosafety and biosecurity capacity building: insights from implementation of the NUITM-KEMRI biosafety training model

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health, 2018
The NUITM-KEMRI biosafety training program was developed for capacity building of new biosafety level three (BSL-3) laboratory users. The training program comprehensively covers biosafety and biosecurity theory and practice.
Betty Muriithi   +12 more
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History of and suggestions for China’s biosafety legislation

open access: yesJournal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2019
Biosafety has attracted an unprecedented amount of attention from the global community as an important element in national security. All biosafety issues are related to laws and therefore must be regulated accordingly. A preliminary biosafety legislation
Huigang Liang   +3 more
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Biosafety and Biohazards: Understanding Biosafety Levels and Meeting Safety Requirements of a Biobank. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
When it comes to biobanking and working with different types of laboratory specimens, it is important to understand potential biohazards to ensure safety of the operator and laboratory personnel.
Gosa, Laura   +2 more
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Identification of potent human neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 implications for development of therapeutics and prophylactics

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
Applying neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 to infected patients is a promising anti-viral treatment strategy. Here, Zhao et al. derive RBD-targeting monoclonal antibodies from a naïve human phage-displayed Fab library and show their ...
Shaojuan Zhao   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tier-based approach to establish a culture of biosafety at a medical microbiology research laboratory in Egypt

open access: yesJournal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2022
Microbiology Research Laboratory (MRL) is a biosafety level-2 (BSL-2) research laboratory located at the main campus of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University (ASU) in Cairo. With the objective of strengthening the departmental capacities of biosafety,
Mona El-Shokry   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The interplay between societal concerns and the regulatory frame on GM crops in the European Union [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Recapitulating how genetic modification technology and its agro-food products aroused strong societal opposition in the European Union, this paper demonstrates how this opposition contributed to shape the European regulatory frame on GM crops.
De Waele, Danny   +3 more
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Policies and regulations in Mexico with regard to genetic technology and food security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In 1988 the first application for field trials of a GMO was formally received in Mexico. Since then a Biosafety law, few bylaws and national official standards were enacted in order to regulate the safe use of GMOs and to evaluate, control and avoid ...
Colmenarez Ortiz, Claudia   +1 more
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Environmental impacts of agricultural pest insects: five case studies reveal overlooked impact mechanisms and specify knowledge gaps [PDF]

open access: yesNeoBiota
Invasive species can cause environmental impacts through various mechanisms. Assessing their impact can inform management decisions and illuminate risks to non-invaded areas. Research on the environmental impacts of invasive insects is heavily focused on
Kiran Jonathan Horrocks   +2 more
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SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein impairs stress granule formation to promote viral replication

open access: yesCell Discovery, 2021
The newly emerging coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes severe lung disease and substantial mortality. How the virus evades host defense for efficient replication is not fully understood.
Zhou-Qin Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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