Was the Anthrax Attack Really a Mixture of Two Strains?
In reading this NY Times story about the anthrax investigation, this statement about how the presence of an inversion (a region of flipped DNA) puzzled me (italics mine): The genome of various stocks...
View ArticleOK, Now I’m Convinced There Isn’t an Anthrax Mixture
Yesterday, I mentioned my doubts about there being two anthrax strains used in the 2001 attacks. Thanks to an article identified by reader TomJoe, I’m convinced that there was only one anthrax strain...
View ArticleFinally, the Scientific Issues with the Anthrax Investigation Are Entering...
I realize science is hard and stuff, but there are serious problems with the evidence in the anthrax investigation. I’m not the only who thinks so: ScienceBloglings Tara and Revere think so too, along...
View ArticleAnthrax and the Myth of the Mad Scientist
Chris Mooney is worried that the latest turns in the anthrax case are reinforcing the notion of the ‘mad scientist’ (and what, exactly, is wrong with a Mad Scientist? Just asking): The Bruce Ivins...
View ArticleFBI to Published Anthrax Evidence
This is a good start: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plans to publish in peer-reviewed journals much of the scientific evidence it used to pin the 2001 anthrax attacks on microbiologist...
View ArticleIvins’ Colleague Maintains Ivins Didn’t Commit Anthrax Attacks
I’ve had serious doubts all along about the anthrax investigation, but the latest turn raises even more questions about the government’s case. According to former co-worker of Ivins’ and former...
View ArticleMore Incompetency in the Ivins Case
Keep in mind, this probably means there is a murderous terrorist running loose out there: Now, however, Justice Department lawyers have acknowledged in court papers that the sealed area in Ivins’ lab —...
View ArticleMistakes Were Made: Another Anthrax Release
Another day, another potentially deadly mishandling of anthrax: On Wednesday, Pentagon officials told reporters that Dugway Proving Ground in Utah had inadvertently shipped live anthrax to commercial...
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