Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

The charges are the latest in a series of cases tied to the Ann Arbor, Mich., school that have raised concerns about the ...

Three University of Michigan scholars charged with conspiring to smuggle roundworm materials from China were caught ...

An Arkansas tree cutter who made jars of the lethal poison ricin on his rural property was sentenced to eight years in prison ...

The establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was driven by the urgent need to protect the United States against a wide array of threats. Sparked by the attacks of September 11, 2001, ...

Three researchers at the University of Michigan were charged with conspiring to smuggle biological materials into the United ...

Oct. 5 -- For combatants who lack the money to spend on high-tech killing instruments, biological weapons offer grisly appeal. They are cheap, easy to make, and simple to conceal — and, since Sept. 11 ...

1 Including devices or other procedures that are not surgery. 2 Cancers that affect <40,000 U.S. persons/year. 3 Studies that include those <18 years. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ...

The investment in Biopreparat reflected a Soviet calculus that biological agents could provide asymmetrical leverage against the West. In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a ...

Oct. 5 -- There's been a lot more protection around Paul Keim's lab recently. "Without giving you specific details, the security has jumped 10 times in the last three weeks," said Keim. "Amazing times ...