Biological Defense/Biological Weapons

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Biological Defense/Biological Weapons

 

 

 

 

 

The holy grail of synthetic biologists is the reduction of all life

processes into building blocks -- interchangeable bio-bricks that can

be reassembled into new forms. The technology envisions new species of

microbes built from the bottom up: " living machines from off-the-shelf

chemicals " to suit the needs of science, said Jonathan Tucker, a

bioweapons expert with the Washington- based Center for

Non-Proliferation Studies.

 

 

" It's too cheap, it's too fast, there are too many people who know too

much, " Erwin said, " and it's too late to stop it. "

 

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/30/AR2006073000580_\

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US 'unaware' of emerging bioterror threats

" The life sciences are developing so quickly that a watch list of

dangerous pathogens and toxins is useless in fighting the threat of

bioterrorism, " says a new report from the US National Academy of Sciences.

 

http://www.crossinglines.net/US%20unaware%20of%20emerging%20bioterror%20threats.\

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