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Plum Island Animal Disease Center Upgrades Facilities
The United States Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations will award approximately $24 million over several years to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Orient Point, N.Y. The project will improve research productivity and safety at the BSL-3 facility, which accommodates research on harmful zoological disease agents.
Georgia Tech Constructs Nanotechnology Center
The Georgia Institute of Technology is constructing the $80 million Marcus Nanotechnology Building in Atlanta. Ground was broken on the project, which houses the NRCB (Nanotechnology Research Center Building) cleanrooms, in August of 2006 with completion slated for summer of 2008. The project is comprised of five stories of laboratory and office space and a 30,000-sf, three-level cleanroom.
Children's Memorial Plans New Chicago Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hospital will break ground in spring of 2008 on a new pediatric hospital in Chicago. The $850 million facility will be funded in part by a $100 million donation from Ann Lurie, for whom the hospital will be named. The project will feature state-of-the-art technology and equipment to support pediatric health research and treatment. Completion is slated for 2012.
Bioquell Introduces New Superbug Eradication Technology for NHS Hospitals
BIOQUELL PLC, a UK company specializing in decontamination technology and testing/compliance services, has announced that its superbug eradication technology has been upgraded by the UK Department of Health's Rapid Review Panel (RRP) to Category One status. The RRP was set up by the Government in 2004 to facilitate the rapid review by an independent panel of leading UK infection control experts of the products and technologies which could be used to combat hospital-acquired infections, or superbugs, in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.
CSIR Plans India BSL-4 Laboratory
The Indian government has approved Rs.1 billion ($25.4 million) for the construction of a BSL-4 laboratory in Andhra Pradesh. The animal research facility will be sited on five acres three kilometers from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad, the organization that will operate the laboratory for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).