Q: I know what injured reserve is, but what is the PUP list in the NFL?
—Richard Martin, Austell
A: The NFL has two types of Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) lists. If a player has been unable take part in training camp practices because of a football-related injury, he can be placed on the preseason (or active) PUP list.
These players can be activated from the PUP list anytime before the start of the regular season and must be removed from it before they can practice. Once the regular season begins, players who haven’t practiced in the preseason can be placed on the reserve PUP, but must remain on it for at least six weeks. Once a player is activated from the reserve PUP list, he can practice with the team for three weeks, at the end of which, a team can decide to keep him on the active roster or return him to the reserve PUP list. A player on the reserve PUP list doesn’t count toward the team’s 53-man regular-season roster.
Q: HIV and hepatitis research has been conducted for years at the Yerkes center in Lawrenceville. Is Ebola research also done there?
—Joe Lamping, Lawrenceville
A: No. The Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, which has a field station on Collins Hill Road in Lawrenceville, has a biosafety level 3 lab. Ebola research is done only at biosafety level 4 labs, such as the one at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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