WHO smallpox shift ignites debate
WHO board supports genetic engineering experiments
Friday, November 12, 2004 Posted: 9:49 AM EST (1449 GMT)
An influential World Health Organization committee is sending shock waves through the scientific community with its recommendation that researchers be permitted to conduct genetic-engineering experiments with the smallpox virus.
The idea is to be able to better combat a disease that is considered a leading bioterror threat though it was publicly eradicated 25 years ago.
Article from CNN Health