Do I need biosafety approval to use your lentiviral vectors?

Work with lentiviral vectors should be carried out using BSL2 practices. However, institutional requirements vary, so check with your institution’s biosafety officer to confirm the requirements for lentiviral vector use.

Typically, lentiviral vector work in vivo must have both IBC and IACUC approval, and in vitro work with lentiviral vectors should be performed under BSL-2 or BSL-2+ containment practices.