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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- California has issued a $9 million grant to help expand a unique public health lab geared toward tackling bioterrorist attacks and natural epidemics.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday announced the expansion of the UCLA lab to enable it to conduct high-speed analysis needed to detect and track outbreaks of diseases such as bird flu and those that might result from a bioterrorism attack.
The $9 million comes from state and Los Angeles-area homeland security funds and augments $6 million included in this year's Department of Defense allocation bill to launch the project.
The money will be used to purchase equipment and expand the lab from 2,000 to 6,000 square feet.
The UCLA High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network will process large amounts of blood and other samples in order to determine the scope of an outbreak and track its spread in nearly real time. The testing will also assist in the faster development of vaccines.
The facility will also be used to train health care professionals and lab technicians to better deal with fast-moving epidemics.
The lab was established under a partnership between UCLA and Los Alamos National Laboratory to serve as a model for future facilities around the United States.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- California has issued a $9 million grant to help expand a unique public health lab geared toward tackling bioterrorist attacks and natural epidemics.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday announced the expansion of the UCLA lab to enable it to conduct high-speed analysis needed to detect and track outbreaks of diseases such as bird flu and those that might result from a bioterrorism attack.
The $9 million comes from state and Los Angeles-area homeland security funds and augments $6 million included in this year's Department of Defense allocation bill to launch the project.
The money will be used to purchase equipment and expand the lab from 2,000 to 6,000 square feet.
The UCLA High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network will process large amounts of blood and other samples in order to determine the scope of an outbreak and track its spread in nearly real time. The testing will also assist in the faster development of vaccines.
The facility will also be used to train health care professionals and lab technicians to better deal with fast-moving epidemics.
The lab was established under a partnership between UCLA and Los Alamos National Laboratory to serve as a model for future facilities around the United States.
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