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Ivins Borrowed Anthrax-Drying Machine

Device was made to render spore powder from culture samples

By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – The government’s lead suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Bruce Ivins, borrowed a device from his Army bioweapons lab designed to turn germ cultures into dry powder, the Washington Post reports. The machine, known as a lyopholizer, was not commonly borrowed, and had to...   Read full story »

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