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Nature 411, 232-235 (17 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35077161
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The bugs of war
See associated Correspondence: Gorka & Sullivan, Nature 412, 15 (July 2001)
Carina Dennis1
Abstract
Could our knowledge of microbial genomics and skill in genetic engineering be used to create 'enhanced' bioweapons? Carina Dennis assesses the threat, and the efforts to counter it.
Ron Jackson and Ian Ramshaw weren't looking for trouble. Jackson, who works at the Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre in Canberra, and Ramshaw, who is in the same city at the Australian National University, were searching for a way to control the mice that are serious pests in Australia.
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