A National Academies study released today says the U.S Army downplayed or overlooked a number of environmental risks while planning the expansion of biocontainment facilities at the United States Army Medical Research Institute (USAMRIID) of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland. (sciencemag.org)
Notably, because no live viruses are used in their manufacture, VLP vaccines do not need to be produced under high - level biocontainment conditions. (sciencedaily.com)
These traits contrast with previous biocontainment strategies involving synthetic organisms and energy sources, requiring hundreds of gene edits, awful lots of money and time, and which are so specialized as to make them impractical. (sciencedaily.com)