Lab's Institutional Biosafety Committee to meet

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 2, 2001 -- Los Alamos National Laboratory's Institutional Biosafety Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place in the auditorium of the Health Research Laboratory, located next to Los Alamos Medical Center.

The LANL IBC has the responsibility for review and approval of all proposals, activities, and experiments involving an organism or product of an organism that presents a risk to humans. This includes, but is not limited to, work with potential pathogens, work with human clinical samples and primary cell lines and work with DNA from pathogenic organisms. The IBC review is conducted in accordance with guidance and requirements of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the LANL Biosafety Laboratory Implementation Requirement.

"We invite the public to observe the IBC deliberations to increase understanding of bioscience research," said IBC Chairman Jim Freyer. The IBC membership includes Laboratory staff members, community health care providers and three members of the public not associated with the Laboratory or any work under review.

Members of the public who want more information about the meeting can contact Johnnie Martinez of the Laboratory's Community Relations Office at 667-2194.

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