Outbreak: Man-made super-flu formula to be published?
A man-made virus that could wipe out half humanity has been deemed a terrorist threat. And while the scientists behind the Frankenstein-flu hoped their research would help find a cure, critics fear they have developed the ultimate bio-weapon.
When virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of scientists first "mutated the hell out of” the H5N1 bird flu virus and presented their findings this past September, fear spread like contagion across the Internet.
But it is not just panic-prone bloggers who are up in arms about the latest virus..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://rt.com/news/super-flu-terrorist-threat-251/
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hindi ba dapat "HUMAN-made" ang description kasi baka isipin ng mga aliens, lalaki lang ang walanghiya o magaling dito sa planetang ito. lol.
seriously, how lethal could this virus be? as lethal as the country that commissioned its creation?
"With the US government calling on the researchers not to publish the details in scientific journals, The National Institutes of Health, which funded the research, said Tuesday that while researchers are making changes, it's important for the overall findings to be published, the Associated Press reports.
"Fouchier for his part, while admitting one could not manufacture a more lethal virus, also remains adamant that his research should be published to empower the scientific community to react appropriately."
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