Sometimes you can get a disease by visiting a gift shop where GIANT Microbes are sold. flickr photo by Anna C. Brandao Alves Good news: Now you can give people sexually transmitted diseases ...

Instead of standard Christmas gifts, ... In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, Drew Oliver, owner of Giant Microbes, displays a few of his creations in his Stamford, Conn. offices.

Instead of standard Christmas gifts, ... Giant Microbes. Oliver says the toys are true to the microbes they represent except, of course, for their eyes and enhanced colors. ...

What says "Christmas" more than bacteria, viruses and parasites? OK, a lot of things. Just about anything. Nevertheless, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed ...

Instead of standard Christmas gifts, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed cold germs, cuddly E. coli, hug-worthy heartworm and other oddities from Oliver’s ...

Scientists have just discovered hundreds of new giant viruses, in a comprehensive study covering oceans across the globe. The ...

Instead of standard Christmas gifts, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed cold germs, cuddly E. coli, hugworthy heartworm and other oddities from a Stamford ...

Rabies, left, yogurt and E. Coli are represented in stuffed toys by Giant Microbes. The firm’s line has gone beyond the common microbes to exotic ones […] Facebook RSS Twitter Youtube ...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon.

Gray discovered Giant Microbes after writing on her blog, www.starkravingmadmommy.com, about her 4-year-old son's germ anxiety after preschool lessons on hygiene.

STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – Jim Henson’s Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned … ...