Brrr...
New Scientist. Scientists generate complete polio virus from scratch using little more than commonly known data and widely available tools. This was anticipated but never done before. [..] Let me announce that this little experiment makes it officially the day that one person with a $50 k basement lab could declare war on the world, and make it an even fight. Very, very scary thought. No need to wait for nanotech grey goo, or nuclear proliferation, etc. Too bad that almost nobody will pay attention to this. Read "The White Plague" ASAP. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]