QC Online - Back in 2012, the federal government picked Texas A&M University as home to a new biosecurity center — one of three U.S. sites expected to play a key role in developing and manufacturing drugs to fight bioterrorist threats, pandemic influenza and other infectious diseases.
Vickie Sutton, a law professor at Texas Tech University and the director at the school's Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy, said the work of the Texas A&M center complements the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
"Texas has really been a big center for development for biodefense in the United States," she said.
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