Lawyers for one of the Chinese nationals accused of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the United States are already in talks to try to resolve the case, according to a court document filed on June 17.
Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 2 in relation to allegations that she smuggled into America a fungus called Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as a potential agroterrorism weapon.
