Some UH regents look askance at biosafety lab plan

By Craig Gima

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 29, 2012

~~<p>Some members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents are skeptical about whether the $2.2 million operating costs of a biosafety lab planned for Kalaeloa will benefit the state.</p>
<p>The proposed $47.5 million Pacific Health Research Lab would be capable of testing infectious agents such as tuberculosis bacteria and viruses that cause dengue fever and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.</p>
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Some members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents are skeptical about whether the $2.2 million operating costs of a biosafety lab planned for Kalaeloa will benefit the state.

The proposed $47.5 million Pacific Health Research Lab would be capable of testing infectious agents such as tuberculosis bacteria and viruses that cause dengue fever and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. Login for more...