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It Could Be A War Crime To Use Biologically Enhanced Soldiersio9"Well, presumably the BTWC requires the agent be biological in nature (e.g., a smallpox virus), as opposed to purely chemical (e.g., mustard gas) or physical (e.g., a kinetic bomb); and an agent is a substance or actor employed for some effect or …

It Could Be A War Crime To Use Biologically Enhanced Soldiersio9"Well, presumably the BTWC requires the agent be biological in nature (e.g., a smallpox virus), as opposed to purely chemical (e.g., mustard gas) or physical (e.g., a kinetic bomb); and an agent is a substance or actor employed for some effect or …

MiamiHerald.comBioethics commission meets at UM to consider testing anthrax vaccine on childrenMiamiHerald.comIn “Dark Zephyr,” fictional terrorists released a cloud of anthrax on San Francisco. Adults were successfully vaccinated, but doctors didn't know the safe dosage to give children. Fortunately this was just a practice exercise in emergency response in 2011.

MiamiHerald.comBioethics commission meets at UM to consider testing anthrax vaccine on childrenMiamiHerald.comSecond, weaponized anthrax is not naturally occurring, and the probability of an attack is “unknowable.'' The capability to use anthrax as a biological weapon is widely acknowledged, since letters infected with anthrax spores were sent to politicians …

(University of Missouri School of Medicine) With a new $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Missouri is leading a team of researchers who want to stay a step ahead of HIV by finding new pathways for shutting down the virus. The scientists are developing new compounds designed to target  Read More »