Archive for October 22nd, 2004

Yersinia Pestis – Breeding the Plague

Friday, October 22nd, 2004

Moscow Times – When the Black Death swept across Europe in the 14th century, it wiped out one-third of the continent’s population. Today, with terrorism spreading around the globe, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to call it a plague. Especially if plague were to become its weapon of choice, as it was for scientists in the Soviet Union. A review of the book entitled “Plague : The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World’s Most Dangerous Disease.”
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