Anthrax case spurred field of germ-gene sleuthing ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune: 2 views since Friday, August 8, 2008 at 03:58 PM
The anthrax killer spurred a whole new branch of science that could give the nation a head start in the next emergency - whether it's investigating more bioterrorism or even a food poisoning outbreak. It's called microbial forensics, a way of using a germ's genetics to help exonerate or incriminate much as human DNA can today. Microbes - whether bacteria like salmonella and E. coli, or viruses ...

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