Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
...than cell cultures do, and tired researchers are accident-prone researchers.
Note that safety policies will...have become a regular part of basic biological research as well as clinical therapy. These biological ...in non-target cells, including yourself as the researcher.
Figure 1: Separation of retroviral ... delivered, that is a higher risk cargo for a researcher to come into contact with than GFP. Similarly...need to be done in a biosafety cabinet. Many researchers choose to wear eye protection when they are working...likely to want to cut a few corners.
For many researchers, viruses might be the most dangerous things they...