My search for State Key Laboratory of Virology, WIV yielded some...interesting results
The main research directions of the laboratory:
To study the cross-species transmission mechanism of SARS virus, and new strategies for viral suppression of HIV, among other things (in pic)
The main research directions of the laboratory:
To study the cross-species transmission mechanism of SARS virus, and new strategies for viral suppression of HIV, among other things (in pic)
The laboratory has the Chinese Type Culture Collection Center, Chinese Virus Resource & Information Center (the largest virus depository in Asia); 1 BSL-4 lab, 2 BSL-2 lab, 1 BSL-3, and 1 ABSL-3 animal lab located at the Wuhan University.
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On December 2019, China's first "Vaccine Management Law" was officially implemented in all BSL-3 & above labs, including the ABSL-3 lab at Wuhan Uni.
So far, the ABSL-3 lab has completed AIDS, TB, SARS & other experiments on more than 1,300 monkeys.
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So far, the ABSL-3 lab has completed AIDS, TB, SARS & other experiments on more than 1,300 monkeys.
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A couple years back, the ABSL-3 lab at Wuhan University had conducted in vivo experiments of inactivated SARS vaccines on 16 experimental monkeys
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On March 2019, researchers flagged major safety issues within the ABSL-3 facility based on the management experience at Wuhan University ABSL-3 Lab
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On September 2019, Yuan Zhiming of the National Biosafety Laboratory at WIV wrote a paper on the state of Chinese facilities, the potential biosafety risks, inadequate biosafety management systems, and unqualified manpower in China's labs
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More papers from 2018 on safety (or lack thereof) of China's WIV labs
