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There are also risks to this technology becoming cheaper. Genomes for lethal viruses are available for free online. Here are some smallpox strains: http://www.p
by AngryParsley 17y ago
There are also risks to this technology becoming cheaper. Genomes for lethal viruses are available for free online. Here are some smallpox strains: http://www.poxvirus.org/viruses.asp?taxnode_id=1027 http://www.poxvirus.org/viruses.asp?taxnode_id=1027 Here's Zaire Ebolavirus: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/EU224440.1?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Sequence.Sequence_ResultsPanel.Sequence_RVDocSum http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/EU224440.1?ordinalpos=1&...
The technology to get from a genome to a virus is expensive today, but it's getting cheaper quickly. If costs continue to decrease, bioweapons will be affordable to individuals instead of only nations.
- kiba 17y agoIs there a mean to combat the threat of biological warfare since we cannot stop the proliferation of this technology? Perhaps, people will starts to inject themselves all manners of viruses and bacterias designed to combat totally unknown threats?
- AngryParsley 17y agoI'd bet good money that biotech is similar to the majority of technologies: offense beats defense. A thousand things have to work just right for a human being to stay alive. Only one thing needs to go wrong for them to die.