The Biosafety Mess :The Scientist [31/1/2005]

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by Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann

OPINION

The Biosafety Mess

It's time to end regulations of some organisms, says a former bacteriophage collection curator

The Scientist 2005, 19(2):10

Published

31 January 2005

For 20 years, I was the curator of the world's largest bacteriophage collection: the Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses (HER 607). The collection, now transferred to another laboratory at Laval University, houses some 450 bacteriophages and a similar number of bacterial hosts. During my tenure, I shipped bacteria and bacteriophages around the world, and I received many complaints on shipping regulations. The recent publication of the US Select Agents and Toxin Regulations[1] reminded me that it is time to revise shipment and import regulations for certain agents.


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