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Nature 449, 658 (11 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449658d; Published online 10 October 2007

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Biosafety risk in health lab move to central London

Ellen Nisbet1

  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK

The recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth virus around the Pirbright animal-health laboratory in Surrey should dissuade the UK Medical Research Council from pursuing plans to move the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) from its semi-rural campus to the centre of London.The expertise and facilities of the NIMR, which are among the world's best, are vital to combat future infectious diseases, and are a key component of national and international biosecurity.

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