A Scientist Was Killed By a Non-Killing Strain of the Plague [Science]

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18 months ago, Malcolm Casadaban, a University of Chicago professor of genetics and cell biology, was working on research regarding the Plague. Yeah, that Plague. But the Plague bacteria he was testing was genetically modified, specifically weakened so that it couldn't infect humans. And yet, with sadness, Casadaban somehow got infected and died just a few hours after being rushed to the hospital. More »

Casey Chan 01 Mar, 2011

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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5772617/a-scientist-was-killed-by-a-non+killing-strain-of-the-plague
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