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biosafety [¦bī·ō¦sāf·tē] (biology) The establishment and maintenance of safe conditions in a biological research laboratory to ensure that pathogenic microbes are contained (and not released to workers or the environment). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Using extreme biosafety precautions, researchers injected eight rhesus macaque monkeys with Marburg virus. Baxter's vaccine production facilities are engineered for BioSafety Level 3 production, which means that they can use wild-type strains to help accelerate production. The patient was infected by a unique strain used in an experiment performed partly outside a biosafety cabinet. |
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