... . Since the weapon is biological the main concern is that it could be more lethal than the chemical weapons previously mentioned. Biological weapons can be altered, through biotechnology, to be immune to vaccines and antibiotics. Some of the worst feared biological weapons are anthrax, smallpox, botulin toxin, and Ebola virus. Anthrax is a bacteria that usually affect cattle and sheep, but if ... the release of chemicals in nerve cells that cause muscle contractions, after the paralysis sets in death follows quickly. And the last weapon is the Ebola virus, which takes about a week to kil...

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