Topic: Garth Nicholson

Riley identifies a biological warfare agent called Mycoplasma incognitus, which she claims was discovered in the blood of sick veterans by Dr. Garth Nicholson at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She describes Nicholson as a highly respected researcher who lost his position after refusing to stop his Gulf War research. She alleges that Nicholson's lab specimens were sabotaged and that he was forced to move his operations to California to continue testing.

Joyce Riley details the work of Dr. Garth Nicholson, a former tenured professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center who identified a man-made biological agent called Mycoplasma incognitus. Riley claims Nicholson lost his job and faced harassment after discovering the pathogen in his own daughter and other Gulf War veterans. She notes that only two labs in California currently test for this specific biological warfare agent.