In and around the Big Easy are a number of Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) labs, meant to handle some of the nastier biological agents out there -- stuff like anthrax, plague, and genetically-engineering mousepox. Louisiana State University's Medical School and the State of Louisiana both ran BSL-3s within the city. Tulane kept 5,000 monkeys for biodefense studies in its "National Primate Research Center," located in nearby Covington.
Okay, I wish I never saw that news story. I mean, this is the stuff of science fiction! It's like Resident Evil or Doom. Like Defense Tech, I want to know what the status is on these labs. What happened to the biohazards and infected animals. Very, very scary.
Read the full story.
