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Senators Announce Western Maryland Funding Priorities

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Frederick, MD | Wednesday | January 2, 2020

Cardin and Van Hollen have been backing ongoing funding and support for DHS/FBI’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center that supports federal law enforcement investigations and identifies biological threats. They were able to ensure that the appropriations package provides at least $67.916 million for the Fort Detrick-based NBACC.

“We have been united as a delegation in our efforts to preserve the unique capabilities of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick. These scientists are on the front lines of protecting our nation from the biological threats and neutralizing the effects of the types of attacks we hope will never succeed,” the senators stated in a press release. “Fort Detrick continues to work on the cutting edge of the specialized, biological research that will make the world safer and healthier for years to come.”

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Challenging the Glo-Germ Technique for Aerosol Containment During Cell Sorting

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Frederick, MD | Wednesday | July 25, 2019

The containment of high-pressured biological sample streams generated by flow cytometer cell sorters is biologically imperative; the risk of exposure to (potentially) infectious agents must be mitigated. Subsequently, evaluating levels of aerosol containment are imperative for biosafety assurance.

A team of researchers from the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) have developed a robust assay to determine cell sorter aerosol containment…

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Surprising Research Funded by the National Science Foundation, Which May lose $1 Billion

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Frederick, MD | Wednesday | March 13, 2019

Protecting the U.S. from bioterrorism
The Department of Homeland Security isn’t widely known for its research, but it actually has its own national lab: the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center. Armed with biohazard suits and clean rooms, federally funded scientists in Maryland are tasked with figuring out which bacteria and viruses might pose a threat to this country—and figuring out how to combat them. NBACC does everything from inventing new vaccines to planning responses to potential bioterror events. In the event of an airborne viral attack, you’ll know who to thank.

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Homeland Security Bill Includes Millions for Fort Detrick Lab That Faced Closure

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Frederick, MD | Thursday | June 21, 2018

Homeland security funding that will soon be up for a vote in Congress includes $73.6 million for a Fort Detrick laboratory that researches biological threats and processes evidence for the FBI, but was in danger of being closed.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) announced Thursday he secured millions in federal funding for the National Biodefense Analysis Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick, among other state programs, in the proposed Fiscal 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Act.

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Fort Detrick Lab Assists with Identification of 4,000-year-old Mummy

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Frederick, MD | Tuesday | April 24, 2018

The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), a laboratory on the grounds of Fort Detrick, has made a name for itself by analyzing thousands of pieces of evidence in FBI criminal investigations.

But in early 2017, the FBI approached the Frederick-based lab with a different sort of project — the identification of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy head.

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Sigh of Relief

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Frederick, MD | Sunday | March 31, 2018

The Frederick community, which includes many people who work for the federal government or contractors, got good news in the huge spending bill that was approved in time to avoid a government shutdown last week.

The best news of all may have been the announcement that the bill included full funding for a biological warfare and terrorism defense center that is a crown jewel of Fort Detrick.

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DHS Lab at Fort Detrick Seen as Key to National Biodefense Effort

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The Baltimore Sun | June 7, 2013

FORT DETRICK – With its airy lobby and sunlit corridors, the Department of Homeland Security lab at Fort Detrick looks at first more like a modern office building than a place where some of the world’s deadliest substances are handled. Read more…

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