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U.S. Continues Biological Warfare Research

Posted by michael on from the die-mice-die dept.

merryprankster writes "Researchers at Saint Louis University have engineered a strain of mouse-pox virus which kills 100% of animals it infects - even when the mice have been treated with vaccination and anti-virals. The deadliness of the virus is related to the addition of a protein IL-4 which shuts down cell-mediated immune response. The engineered virus is not contagious and does not affect humans but the research has drawn some condemnation as being dangerous and unnecessary."

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  1. Power is its own justification by BenitoM · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The powerful need no moral justification for maintaining their power.

    If you are triumphant, Machiavelli reminds us, people "will always find the means you used to have been appropriate."

  2. Re:Seriously... by coolmacdude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    2) Barring the current Iraq situation, the US has proven they are RESPONSIBLE with their use of WMD, and only use them when attacked

    And it should be noted that the last time we used them was almost 50 years ago and even then it was an extremely hard decision for the president.

    Saddam on the other hand has used them quite liberally over the last 30 or so years to repeatedly kill his own people.

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