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Viral Engineering.

Date Submitted: 01/21/2004 21:04:50
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 4 pages (1216 words)
On July 11, 2002 in the laboratories of the State University of New York the first synthetic virus was created. This virus is relatively small in the genetic sense of the word (only containing a few thousand base pairs) and is known today as the polio virus. Because of its minuscule genetic makeup this virus was the most likely candidate for this type of experimentation. After the complete synthetic virus was created the researchers injected it into …
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…well as astonishing discoveries. Bibliography (most of these are included with the paper) news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1918447.stm www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2002/hres514.html news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2122619.stm www.geocities.com/giantfideli/cellnews_dangerous_virus_made_from_mail-order_kits.html www.msnbc.com/news/745696.asp?cp1=1 www.med.uio.no/dnr/Inst/TumBiol/Ola/onyx.pdf www.mercola.com/2001/feb/4/mouse_virus.htm www.sciencenews.org/20020713/fob8.asp
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