TOPEKA, Kan. \u2014 The $1.25 billion biocontainment facility in Manhattan, Kansas, developed for cutting-edge research on the most dangerous animal diseases is not fully operational three years after its ribbon-cutting, a federal report determined.<\/p>\n
The Office of Inspector General published a July report stating the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility isn\u2019t able to perform the high-level animal disease science it was designed for.<\/p>\n
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