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German troops specialising in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare detection and decontamination take part in an exercise near Kuwait City February 6, 2003.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010

Open quoteThe idea that four guys in a cave are going to create bioweapons from scratch — that will be never, ever, ever.Close quote

  • MILTON LEITENBERG,
  • a biological-weapons expert at the University of Maryland, dismissing fears that advances in bioscience will allow amateur scientists to whip up deadly pathogens
Photo: Chris Helgren / Reuters | Source: WSJ