"It'saninterestingpaper," saysVanessa Sperandio, a microbiologist at theUniversityofTexasSouthwesternMedicalCenter at Dallas who was notinvolved inthe study.
Fort Detrick issued a statement mourning the death of Ivins, who worked at the U.S. Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases for more than 35 years as a civilian microbiologist.