A Canadian researcher is held US after attempting to pass 22 vials of biological materials in the United States. Konan Michel Yao was arrested at the border between North Dakota and the Canadian province of Manitoba, on May 5, according to this AFP story.
Yao worked until recently at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, doing research on vaccines for the Ebola virus and HIV. He said US border guards that he was carrying the vials to his new job at the National Institutes of Health. Although the materials in its possession are not infectious, and the authorities do not believe this is a case of attempted terrorism, the case is likely to add to concerns about the safety of laboratories that harbor dangerous pathogens. Yao could face smuggling charges.
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