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This
web site is designed for investigators and Biosafety officers at
Harvard University and its affiliated institutions.
Biosafety concerns itself with protecting staff, patients, the
public and the environment from dangerous biologicals.
Bioterrorism
Links
Basic Information
Biosafety at Harvard and thirteen Affiliated Insitutions is regulated
by a standing faculty committee called the Committee on Microbiological
Safety (COMS). The committee meets once a month, usually on the last Friday of each month. Information about the role of this committee can be found in the
What, Where, Who section of this site.
For Investigators
Investigators
must register studies involving recombinant DNA, agents pathogenic
for animals, including humans, plants, and biological toxins,
human blood and tissues including human cell lines, and two kinds of human studies - those involving gene transfer
and those involving the transplantation of animal tissues into
humans. Registration forms are available in the Forms
section of this site. All submissions must be through your local
Biosafety Officer. You can
find out your Biosafety officer's name, address, fax number here.
For Biosafety Officers
Links to some relevant government documents, Internet sites,
some material on disinfectants are all on the Resources
section of this site.
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