[Noisebridge-discuss] In Attics and Closets, 'Biohackers' Discover Their Inner Frankenstein

[Don French]

>From TFA, "Other biohackers argue that Mother Nature is more likely than any
home hobbyist to create dangerous new pathogens. They cite the current
A/H1N1 "swine flu" virus, which is a made-in-the-wild brew of human, bird
and pig influenzas."

This statement is more in doubt today that it was yesterday:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afrdATVXPEAk&refer=home

-- Don


On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Rich Gibson <rich.gibson at gmail.com> wrote:

> That article was pretty good.  It showed diybio in a very sympathetic
> light, talked about some potential
> risks but didn't overplay them - even George Church, who wants them to
> be licensed, came off well.
>
> That was great - Thanks for pointing it out Michael.
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > full article:
> >
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124207326903607931.html
> >
> >
> > "The man on the other end of the line was Nils Gilman, a researcher with
> > Monitor 360, a San Francisco company that provides "geo-strategic"
> research.
> > Mr. Gilman declined to identify his client, saying only that it's a
> branch
> > of the U.S. government involved in biosecurity.
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