Michael Crichton. The The Andromeda Strain (№ 400017)

Not many Americans know what magnitude reached in the US military chemical-biological research. The total government expenditure for the development of chemical and biological weapons exceeds $ 500 million per year. The Johns Hopkins University performed a program of comparative study of existing or potential diseases of interest for the conduct of bacteriological warfare, and the study of some chemical and immunological reactions to certain toxoids and vaccines.