A remarkable quality of bioengineering is that scientists can take biological processes honed by millions of years of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...