New partnership to combat deadly pathogens
The University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute and Dstl have agreed to collaborate on pathogen research.
Two of the UK’s most highly experienced scientific organisations will pool their resources to combat deadly pathogens.
The Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) at the University of Oxford and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have pledged to work jointly to study the dangerous pathogens that could cause future pandemics. The pathogens represent a threat to global health and security, whether naturally occurring or used as a weapon.
The requirement for national highly secure containment (Category 3 and 4) laboratories has never been greater. These high containment facilities are expensive to maintain yet pivotal to UK security and resilience. The University of Oxford has established the Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) to ensure the world is better equipped to prepare for, identify and counter future pandemic threats, including pathogens that require high containment facilities for their research. Dstl has high containment capabilities and extensive experience handling high consequence pathogens.
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