In 1877, Robert koch grew an organism called anthrax. He tested, demonstrated, and produced anthrax by injecting it into animals. Anthrax is an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected animals or their products. The spore-forming bacteria called Bacillus Anthr...

Anthrax: Poor Man's Atomic Bomb? Ever since the nationwide anthrax scare following the tragic events of September 11th, the biological agent's name has become another taboo word in the English language. Paranoia swept the nation to the point where a cloud of baby powder would cause peop...

It seems like now a day there is tragedies, attacks, and new diseases that spring up constantly. Most recently, the American nation is plagued by a deadly epidemic –Anthrax. Anthrax is a topic that is all over the newspapers, magazines, and television, but common people know very little of ...

ANTHRAX As our country stands in the aftermath of the September 11 terriostist attacks the fear of biological warfare worsens as each day passes. During these trying times the word "Anthrax" strikes fear to the heart of many people. All americans need to learn some knowdglegde of Anthrax, what i...

Biological Weapons What are biological weapons and what can they do to our bodies? Biological weapons are one of the worlds most deadly weapons. Some of the bacteria and gases can kill you within minutes others may take awful days. Biological weapons are not new; in fact the Rus...

Antrhax, Bacilus anthracis, is a bacterial pathogen. This rod-shaped microbe is commonly found in soil and is ingested by sheep, cows, horses, and goats; thus, it is labeled as a vetrinary disease. Anthrax is what's called a "gram positive" bacterium. This means it has the type of cell walls which...

Gripping Reality There are many challenges, and day-to-day obstacles that may challenge ones comfort zone. Not often can you find a book that challenges that zone. Richard Preston writes a gripping novel, The Hot Zone, about the deadly Ebola virus. Through gripping detail and realism, Preston ac...

The Anthrax Threat to America It is August 1 at the A.I.M. building in Palm Beach, Florida. 1000 people are in line to receive protective antibiotics, to be tested for exposure to anthrax - all this after a man, who would later die, was admitted to a local hospital for possible anthrax exposure. A...

The use of biotechnology could send our world back to the death and despair of the dark ages. There have been efforts to have a global ban on this type of warfare, but as long as there are terrorists, this type of warfare will continue to be their primary use of these destructive chemicals. Althou...

Richard Preston's The Hot Zone is an excellent nonfiction account of a deadly virus from the central rain forests of Africa that suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington DC. The Virus is highly contagious and has no cure. This book describes many frightening encounters with this virus and ...

Since the day when war and technology mixed together during these last centuries, each human being has been facing attacks with different kinds of weapons. One of the biggest threats of mass destructors in the world are biological weapons or also known as bio-weapons. According to dictionaries, a bi...

The Cobra Event Richard Preston The book I read "The Cobra Event" is a very detailed and really gruesome book. The book starts off in the late 1990's in New York. A girl by the name of Kate Moran, who is well later to be known as the first victim from a mysterious virus, l...