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09/09/2016 / By JD Heyes

Genetic engineering being ‘biohacked’ by terrorists to create low-cost biological weapons

An Oxford University academic is saying that national security agencies in England and elsewhere have a new concern: Amateur “biohackers” who use established genome-editing techniques to create biological weapons. As reported by the UK’s Independent, these biohackers would be ordinary folks who then edit genes to alter existing life forms, a practice that could lead […]

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