lethal viruses

11.09.09

The Scariest Ideas in Science

Undead viruses! Killer foxes! Soldiers who never sleep! This is no horror movie-it's today's scientists at their most daring
By Laura Allen. Illustrations by Michael Koelsch Posted 02.01.2007 at 2:00 am 2 Comments

Maybe we saw The Andromeda Strain a few too many times in our formative years, but we can´t help shivering when we hear about microbiologists reanimating long-dormant lethal viruses. And those biologists working to make human limbs grow back: Haven´t we seen that film?

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