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For some reason, people don't want to live near a lab working on the world's deadliest microorganisms

The Daily Free Press reports on a meeting last night about Boston University's South End biolab, which one day hopes to ramp up to play around with ebola and other nasty bugs.

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Clearly the risks associated with deadly pathogens are significant. I do not understand the reasoning that puts this lab in a densely populated area. You could build the lab, all of its safeguards and procedures in a place without inner-city population nearby and reduce the immediate consequences of failure to contain significantly.

Does anyone know who funds the research and for what purpose?

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Lots of previous articles here on uhub over the years, for starters.

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The National Institute for Health (NIH), who funded this several years ago to the tune of $128 mil.

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