Two dead mice disappear? that is creepy. I am fairly sure that they did not just walk off into a hole in the wall. Ghost mice?
If this strain of virus ends up in a bio-weapon, then I think the head of the school and the department heads involved should be locked up in supermax to learn about high security procedures. Maybe even lock them up for a couple weeks to learn a few things right now!
No threat? Prove that!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489595,00.html
The frozen remains of two mice injected with the organism that causes plague have not been accounted for seven weeks after being discovered missing at a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey facility in Newark, the university said Friday.The FBI investigated and determined there was no risk to public health or any indication of the terrorist link.
It wasn't the first time plague-infected mice have disappeared from the New Jersey facility. Four years ago, in September 2005, three live mice infected with bubonic plague bacteria disappeared from various cages. Officials later said they believed the rodents had died.
UMDNJ's Public Health Research Institute issued a four-paragraph statement about the December incident late Friday saying it believes the red hazardous waste bag containing the dead mice was sterilized and incinerated along with another bag.
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