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  1. A conversation about anthrax
    A conversation about anthrax

    with Matthew Meselson and Nicholas Wade on Oct 12, 2001

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Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist. His research was important in showing how DNA replicates, recombines and is repaired in cells. He is also an active chemical and biological weapons activist and consultant, and served as a resident consultant in the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

In 1992-94, Meselson investigated and reported on the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, a 1979 bio-warfare mishap in the Soviet Union that resulted in the deaths of 64 persons. He was also a leader in the effort to show that yellow rain was not a chemical warfare agent, but bee droppings; this was an important event in the cold war during the presidency of Ronald Reagan

Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Meselson