| Infection from anthrax spores can be very deadly and used before as a bioweapon. |
| The demonstration of treatment safety is a primary endpoint in human studies as human efficacy studies of bioweapon threats are not permissible. |
| For this reason, it is a potential bioweapon and was one of the first agents to be considered as a biological weapons agent. |
| Around 1,200 people have died of the disease since 1976, but it is feared that it could be used as a bioweapon by terrorists. |
| It featured reptiles smuggled onto an airplane as an unusual bioweapon of mass destruction. |
| But other scientists counter that basic skills in microbiology and biotechnology can get you a bioweapon. |
