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Published online 22 October 2008 | Nature 455, 1012 (2008) | doi:10.1038/4551012a
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Biosafety lab passes disaster test
Texas facility cleared to analyse lethal pathogens.
Galveston, Texas
On 11 November, US officials will dedicate a new research complex containing high-containment labs for deadly pathogens: the $175-million Galveston National Laboratory in Texas. Yet even as questions arise over the safety of other biosecurity research facilities, the cornerstone of the new complex survived its biggest test yet: Hurricane Ike, which devastated Galveston Island last month yet left the new biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) lab intact.
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