Boston
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is developing a $5-million cell-processing lab in the Longwood Medical area of Boston. Funded in part by Bethesda's National Institutes of Health (NIH), the facility will consolidate operations now located in several labs near the hospital. The 6,500-sf lab, located in the Jimmy Fund building, will feature state-of-the-art cell-manufacturing, cleanrooms, and air-purification systems. With separate rooms for different experiments, the facility will allow for expansion and diversification of processing functions. Dana-Farber, based in Boston, will need NIH and FDA approval of the lab to initiate construction, which is slated to begin in October.
