Japan created the worst biological weapon during World War II: Evidence found

Japanese scientists from the infamous "detachment 731" conducted spooky experiments on prisoners. Japanese doctors on the side of the Nazis conducted spooky experiments on captured in occupied China. The scale of these experiments is still shrouded in the mystery, but the results of the new study have confirmed the scattered historical evidence, Gizmodo writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! Scientists from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, China, found the presence of Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax, in the territory of the former laboratory of the infamous Japanese "detachment 731".

The results of the latest study confirm the most terrible assumptions that Japanese scientists from the "detachment 731" intentionally infected prisoners of pathogens to create biological weapons. It is noted that B. Anthracis causes anthrax - a dangerous bacterial disease that is contagious to mammals, including humans. Symptoms of the disease include black ulcers, swollen neck, fever, nausea, and difficulty breathing.

In the absence of treatment, the disease progresses very quickly and leads to serious complications, as well as death. "B. anthracis is one of the most serious and dangerous agents for biological war or bioterorism. Records confirm that anthrax was used as biological weapons during the Second World War, but the evidence remains limited," the study said. The team of scientists found traces of B. anthracis in the soil samples, where the laboratory "Detachment 731" was located.

The researchers managed to confirm the presence of the bacterium by highlighting its genetic material. Researchers sewage the genome of the selected strain, identified key genes and placed it in an evolutionary structure. The study also collected two dozen soil samples of 12 places that were adjacent to the laboratory. In none of these samples, the traces of B. Anthracis could be found.

On the basis of this, it was concluded that the bacteria in the previous samples were made there artificially and did not appear naturally. The authors of the work also warn that such remains can be a danger to humans, animals and nature. Several factors have influenced the fact that medical experiments "Detachment 731" still remain little known. First, the Japanese executed all the victims of the survivors at the end of World War II.