National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (original) (raw)

The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, or NEIDL, is a biosciences facility of Boston University located near Boston Medical Center on Albany Street in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The lab is part of a national network of secure facilities that study infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or introduced through bioterrorism. The Labs include a BSL-4 laboratory, which study the most dangerous and deadly human diseases. The current director of NEIDL is microbiology researcher Dr. Ronald Corley, also Chair of Microbiology at Boston University.