Biosafety

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  • noun. The set of measures taken to ensure the safe handling of biohazardous materials, such as pathogens, biological contaminants, and genetically modified organisms, especially to prevent their accidental spread beyond a laboratory or research facility.
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  • noun. protection from potential harm from biological agents, such as infectious microbes or modified genes.
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  • noun. safety from exposure to infectious agents
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    "[laughs] Because the term biosafety officer really had not been coined until 1976 or thereabouts, at the Asilomar Conference in California, where the first recombinant DNA research was presented as scientific fact."
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