Anthrax Leak in the Soviet Union
Witness History
English - March 29, 2017 07:58 - 9 minutes - 4.14 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1979, an outbreak of anthrax poisoning caused dozens of deaths in the Soviet Union. Geneticist and molecular biologist Professor Matthew Meselson and his team accessed the area years later to determine what had happened.
He told Rachael Gillman about his experience.
Photo: Anthrax Vial
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