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Scientists Create Deadlier TB Strain By Accident

Posted by timothy on from the oops-did-it-again dept.

Makarand writes "BBC News is reporting that Scientists at the University of California (Berkeley, U.S.) accidentally created a hyper-virulent form of the Tuberculosis bacterium while trying to alter its genetic structure to make it less deadly. The mutant form of the super-bug could multiply more quickly and also had the unexpected effect of undermining the body's own immune response against Tuberculosis."

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  1. Hmm.. by Bombcar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now we know where the scab-pickin' smallpox terrorists are!

    Get 'em, boys!

    -Ashcroft

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    Fellowship 9/11