Witness History: Witness Archive 2017 - Anthrax Leak in the Soviet Union

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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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Published on Wednesday, 29th March 2017.

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