The toxins produced by Fusarium graminearum cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in livestock and humans,” ...

The USDA requires a permit for the importation of Fusarium graminearum. According to records maintained by the USDA, the Chinese researchers now charged never applied for, nor were issued ...

Federal authorities arrest Chinese nationals for allegedly smuggling dangerous biological materials, including a crop-killing ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 3. She’s accused of helping ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with attempting to smuggle a deadly fungus known as Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. One of the researchers who works at the University of Michigan ...

Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" — fusarium graminearum — into the United States. Biological pathogens were discovered in Zunyong Liu ...

Attorneys have agreed to postpone a preliminary examination in U.S. District Court until August while a plea deal is being ...

In the joint filing, prosecutors and Yunqing Jian's defense team said, "The parties are currently engaged in plea ...

Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States without permits will ...

Several cases have raised fears that Chinese nationals are part of a campaign to terrorize the U.S. agricultural industry & ...

A Chinese scientist, Yunqing Jian, faces charges of conspiring to cultivate a toxic fungus at a University of Michigan lab.

Two Chinese researchers face charges for smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a dangerous fungus, into the U.S., raising national security concerns over potential agroterrorism.