Destruction of isolates from the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Laboratory.
editorial · Level V
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Abstract
The Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital administration closed the research laboratory directed by Victor Yu and Janet Stout and destroyed isolates collected as part of a series of clinical studies over 25 years. This article discusses the implications and protests such destruction as an affront to science and scientific study. A petition signed by 243 individuals accompanies this article.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Specimen Banks
- Biomedical Research
- Legionella
- Legionellosis
- Legionnaires' Disease