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Published online 11 November 2009 |
Nature
462,
146-147
(2009)
| doi:10.1038/462146a
Corrected online: 12 November 2009
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European biosafety labs set to grow
Bioterrorism and emerging diseases spur building boom, although some question the need for more facilities.
A rash of new maximum-security biosafety-level-4 (BSL-4) labs are being built in the European Union (EU), and even more are planned, but some scientists are arguing that the bloc already has more facilities than it needs.
The issue is currently being tackled by a three-year study, costing €5 million (US$7.
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