9200 uncatalogued pathogens found at US lab - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
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My old research advisor was a pack rat and as a result, I always had to pull out the biohazard friendly circular filer bin to make room for my enzymes, chemical preps, and assorted stuff by cleaning out the fridge. In the process I'd find sticks of C-14 still clicking away, expired petri dishes, and miscellaneous chemical reagents from 1977.
The article illustrates why you need super-clean "Seinfeld-eque" nerds running labs. When you open your freezer and there's a couple hamburger patties that got loose that's one thing, but when 9,200 vials of the most deadly human pathogens on the planet just happen to be floating around at the bottom of your crisper its time for the Military Police to start doing audits.
And to think all they had to do was check their liquid nitrogen filled crisper's to catch the Anthrax-mailer!
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My old research advisor was a pack rat and as a result, I always had to pull out the biohazard friendly circular filer bin to make room for my enzymes, chemical preps, and assorted stuff by cleaning out the fridge. In the process I'd find sticks of C-14 still clicking away, expired petri dishes, and miscellaneous chemical reagents from 1977.The article illustrates why you need super-clean "Seinfeld-eque" nerds running labs. When you open your freezer and there's a couple hamburger patties that got loose that's one thing, but when 9,200 vials of the most deadly human pathogens on the planet just happen to be floating around at the bottom of your crisper its time for the Military Police to start doing audits.
And to think all they had to do was check their liquid nitrogen filled crisper's to catch the Anthrax-mailer!
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