When other scientists became skeptical of the plague and
anthrax findings, the original scientists performed follow - up tests and analyses.
Not exact matches
The Houses of Parliament were temporarily closed last night after a powder suspected to be
anthrax was
found in a main hallway.
Scientists who mapped the DNA of the New York City subway system have backed off a claim that they discovered traces of
anthrax and bubonic plague at several stations, after federal and city public health officials strongly disputed the
findings.
He
found that not only did Epimerox protect the animals from
anthrax, but the bacteria did not develop resistance to the inhibitor.
Tests at Britain's lab for dangerous pathogens at Porton Down have
found signs of
anthrax infection in two Scottish victims.
The second study (cover of the latest issue of PLOS Pathogens) describes new
findings by Annabel Guichard and her colleagues that could open the door to much needed intervention for treating late - stage
anthrax infection.
Or, as Vande Woude puts it, «Conceivably, we could
find a drug that would make
anthrax as a weapon of destruction as powerful as a water pistol.»
Although no one was sickened in the
anthrax incident, the probe
found numerous missteps, including that the bacteria were stored in unlocked refrigerators in unrestricted hallways.
The inspectors, from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
found additional problems, including expired disinfectant,
anthrax stored in unsecure freezers and labs, samples stored in Ziploc bags, and a lack of preparation at CDC's clinic for a large
anthrax exposure.
Following the suicide, the FBI released court documents laying out some of the evidence linking the
anthrax spores
found in the letters to Ivins's lab at the U.S. Army Medical Institute for Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Maryland.