$12 million dollar Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases building coming to Kansas Bioscience Area in Olathe, Kansas

$12M facility coming to KSU : "The Kansas Bioscience Authority, headquartered in Olathe, has announced plans for a third multimillion-dollar facility at Kansas State University.

The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases is a $12 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security award for a center of excellence that will work in conjunction with the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory.

CEEZAD will use K-State's expertise and state-of-the-art infrastructure to conduct research, develop technology and train a specialized workforce to successfully defend the nation's agriculture economy against agro-terrorism and emerging animal pathogens.

The center will develop and validate vaccines; create innovative devices to detect and diagnose threatening diseases; and help implement systems to curtail human and animal disease threats."

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Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates

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