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biosafety

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biosafety [ˌbaɪəʊˈseɪftɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
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Noun1.biosafety - safety from exposure to infectious agents
safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"


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Using extreme biosafety precautions, researchers injected eight rhesus macaque monkeys with Marburg virus.
Defending against a deadly foe: vaccine forestalls fearsome virus by Seppa, N. / Science News
Baxter's vaccine production facilities are engineered for BioSafety Level 3 production, which means that they can use wild-type strains to help accelerate production.
BAXTER GETS CONTRACT FROM U.K. NHS FOR H5N1 FLU VACCINE by Worldwide Biotech
The patient was infected by a unique strain used in an experiment performed partly outside a biosafety cabinet.
Ocular vaccinia infection in laboratory worker, Philadelphia, 2004 by Johnson, Caroline C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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