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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

MinnPost - Genetic research: What are the risks of terrorism or accidents?

MinnPost - Genetic research: What are the risks of terrorism or accidents?: "Could scientists construct bacteria that would clean up oil, asked a parent who obviously had in mind the disastrous BP spill. Others asked about tailoring creatures to manufacture life-saving drugs.

No one asked the question that bothers Kahn, the director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics: Could somebody forge the genome for, say, smallpox?"

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