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Report For Defense Department Ranks Top Threats From ‘Synthetic Biology’
by Nell Greenfieldboyce June 19, 2018Enlarge this image Modern tools of biology could allow someone to recreate a dangerous virus, such as smallpox, from scratch. Dr. Hans…
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Did Pox Virus Research Put Potential Profits Ahead of Public Safety?
by Nell Greenfieldboyce February 17, 2018Enlarge this image Smallpox virus, colorized and magnified in this micrograph 42,000 times, is the real concern for biologists working on a…
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Harvard Scientists Call For Better Rules To Guide Research On ‘Embryoids’
by NPR March 21, 2017Enlarge this image Embryoids like this one are created from stem cells and resemble very primitive human embryos. Scientists are studying them…