Why build a biosafety laboratory at a veterinary school?
Infectious diseases are the number-one cause of death worldwide, and the number-two cause of death in the United States. Veterinary scientists have a unique and important role to play in protecting the public health. Within its Division of Infectious Diseases, The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has one of the nation’s leading research programs in food and waterborne diseases and in diseases transmissible from animals to people. The new biosafety laboratory complements and supports Tufts current public health research and provides the safest possible environment for this type of research.
