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Sources: Kirk Schulz, 785-532-6221, kirks@1xbet online casino edu; Ron Trewyn, 785-532-5110, trewyn@1xbet online casino edu; Juergen Richt, 785-532-4401, jricht@1xbet online casino edu; Jerry Jaax, 785-532-3233, jaax@1xbet online casino edu
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News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@1xbet online casino edu
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009
1xbet online casino LEADERS PREDICT NBAF SAFE, SECURE AND VITAL TO NATION'S INTERESTS
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University leaders remain optimistic that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will be built in Kansas.
&1xbet online casino ;We are excited about the opportunity to bring NBAF to Kansas and remain confident that NBAF will be built as scheduled in Manhattan, just as the Department of Homeland Security originally decided,&1xbet online casino ; said K-State President Kirk Schulz. &1xbet online casino ;We are working with our colleagues at the Kansas Bioscience Authority, with our federal delegation, and the governor's office to continue to advocate that Kansas is the right place to put NBAF.&1xbet online casino ;
&1xbet online casino ;The facts are that modern research methods and facilities are extremely safe -- and urgently needed,&1xbet online casino ; said Ron Trewyn, K-State's vice president for research. &1xbet online casino ;The NBAF will be built with the highest safety standards, which are keeping tens of millions of residents safe in places where labs studying diseases already exist.
&1xbet online casino ;The Centers for Disease Control is located in Atlanta, Ga., where scientists have worked on the most dangerous human diseases for decades,&1xbet online casino ; Trewyn said. &1xbet online casino ;Current K-State faculty members -- veterinarians Jerry and Nancy Jaax -- worked for more than 20 years in federal biosecurity labs in Frederick, Md., and their son still lives nearby. Not a single community outbreak has occurred in these cities.&1xbet online casino ;
&1xbet online casino ;We strongly believe the NBAF will be a safe and secure facility,&1xbet online casino ; said Jerry Jaax, K-State associate vice president for research compliance. &1xbet online casino ;Even though decades-old infectious disease research facilities have served the nation safely and well, the NBAF will incorporate the most up-to-date safety, security and technological advances perfected in other biocontainment laboratories. Redundant and overlapping safety and security features characterize modern biocontainment facilities.
&1xbet online casino ;Upon completion, the NBAF will be the most advanced agricultural biocontainment facility in the world -- uniquely suited to perform innovative research to protect and sustain our agricultural infrastructure and food supply,&1xbet online casino ; Jaax said. &1xbet online casino ;The NBAF will include Biosafety Level - 4 (BL-4) laboratories. These are needed to address our lack of national capability to counter new or emerging agricultural diseases that have serious public health implications, such as Nipah and Hendra viruses.&1xbet online casino ;
The safety measures and careful construction will be even more stringent in this new facility, than in these older buildings because construction technology has continued to evolve and improve, Trewyn said.
Trewyn pointed to a lab in Winnipeg, Canada, where scientists study the highly contagious FMD virus just across the border from North Dakota.
&1xbet online casino ;FMD research is already conducted on the 'mainland' and has not spread to livestock outside the facility there,&1xbet online casino ; Trewyn said.
One of the researchers who studied animal diseases at the Winnipeg facility is Juergen Richt, a Regents Distinguished Professor at 1xbet online casino 's College of Veterinary Medicine and a Kansas Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar.
&1xbet online casino ;The state of Kansas has unlimited possibilities in becoming a leader in research on foreign and zoonotic diseases of animals, not only within our nation but worldwide,&1xbet online casino ; Richt said. &1xbet online casino ;More importantly, the physical presence of modern biocontainment facilities and animal health experts in Manhattan will ensure our nation's agricultural security for decades.
&1xbet online casino ;Modern biocontainment facilities are safe and secure,&1xbet online casino ; he added. &1xbet online casino ;The safety risk is in not building such a facility because our livestock are at risk without them.&1xbet online casino ;
