Humans can contaminate space; microorganisms can find their way onto and into stuff that gets sent into space, even though care is taken to decontaminate spacecraft prior to launch. Spores from Earth ...

PALO ALTO (CBS SF) -- A vial shipment sent to a Stanford lab last July may have contained small quantities of live anthrax spores, but officials say there is no threat to public safety. The single ...

The anthrax spores that were mailed to Capitol Hill match a batch of deadly bacteria stockpiled by the U. S. Army, it was reported yesterday. Genetic fingerprint studies of the anthrax show the spores ...

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A researcher at a germ warfare defense laboratory at Fort Detrick is taking antibiotics as a precaution after testing positive for exposure to anthrax spores, the Army announced. Anthrax was also ...

A private laboratory in Marlborough was among those that received a shipment including small amounts of active anthrax spores mistakenly sent by the U.S. Department of Defense, state health officials ...

Spores of the anthrax bacterium have been discovered in two areas of an Army research building at Fort Detrick, Md., and an Army scientist involved in research there has tested positive for exposure ...

Lab tests shows that Spectricept™ neutralises a variety of common pathogens, including the spores of C. difficile, which are commonly found in hospitals and health care facilities and are a cause of ...

An Army biodefense researcher at Fort Detrick was exposed to anthrax last week after a laboratory spill, and some spores escaped into an adjoining office and corridor, officials at the U.S. Army ...

In the annals of tried and failed cockroach killers, people have heaved pesticides, ultrasonic waves, spiders and even cucumber peels at the seemingly invulnerable pests. In many cases, the ...