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Texas Laboratory Tracks Deadly Diseases Worldwide

Texas Laboratory Tracks Deadly Diseases Worldwide
By Greg Flakus
Galveston, Texas
10 April 2009

"New illnesses appear all the time around the world and are often found to be variations of illnesses already known. But to be sure, samples of the virus or bacteria thought to be causing the illness are sent back to Galveston.

They end up in a 52,000 square-meter building - The Galveston National Laboratory-on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch. The lab's deputy director, Jim LeDuc says the staff on hand is ready for whatever comes in."