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Water detectives: Scientists test wastewater for signs of virus

Water detectives: Scientists test wastewater for signs of virus

For three weeks this summer, scientist Hector Rangel collected samples from wastewater in Caracas, Venezuela. His counterpart in Kampala, Uganda, Brian Lubega, took samples from a stream where open sewers drain into the watershed. These specimens were t …

Top lab to make an ImPaKT on pathogens

Top lab to make an ImPaKT on pathogens

For the first – and only – time, the public stepped inside an advanced containment facility which will soon be home to Western’s world-renowned infectious diseases research teams.

Top lab to make an ImPaKT on pathogens

Top lab to make an ImPaKT on pathogens

For the first – and only – time, the public stepped inside an advanced containment facility which will soon be home to Western’s world-renowned infectious diseases research teams.