Advances in biological research likely will permit development of a new class of advanced biological warfare (ABW) agents engineered to elicit novel effects. In addition, biotechnology will have ...

Biotechnological advances already have revolutionized many processes associated with bacterial and viral production as well as purification of proteins from bio-process systems. Many of these ...

William C. Patrick III spent over three decades at Fort Detrick, Maryland, the U.S. Army's base for biological weapons research. From 1951 to 1969, he developed germ agents for warfare.

In the past few months, poison attacks have affected hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls, prompting some parents to take their children out of school due to fear of what some have ...

The recent outbreak of cases of anthrax in the States has brought the possibility of biological warfare just a little closer. But anthrax isn't necessarily the mass killer disease it is sometimes ...

The legacy of Soviet preparation has not only survived but thrived and stocks of gas masks, decontamination sets, and other chemical and biological defense equipment ...

Sen. Michael Bennet (D., Colo.) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify whether he had said previously that Lyme disease was a ...

Chemical and biological warfare isn't new. Even in ancient times, war wasn't all swords and longbows. Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million ...

Japanese military authorities showed little interest in adhering to the Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of biological and chemical weapons during warfare. Microbiologist Shirō Ishii ...