Texas A&M dedicates biodefense center

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Monday dedicated the first element of its new national biodefense center where researchers are to work on strategies to respond to bioterrorism and swiftly develop vaccines for a pandemic or some chemical, biological or nuclear threat.

The A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing is the first of five facilities being developed by the school’s partnership with the federal government, other academic institutions and private firms. It is one of three such national centers. Others are in Maryland and North Carolina.