City Council OKs ‘Level 4’ Infection Research at BU Biolab

Original article from: Boston Herald, posted on May 15, 2014. By Donna Goodison

A controversial Boston University lab got the go-ahead from the Boston City Council yesterday to conduct research on the most dangerous life-threatening infectious diseases such as Ebola.

The council voted 8-5 not to bar BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories from “Biosafety Level 4” research at its Albany Street site in the South End.