Political intervention required.. (Score 1)

Current legislators are so overwhelmed with the whole human-cloning, stem-cell and abortion debate which centres on individual rights that they have completely ignored an important avenue of bio-research that affects EVERYONE. No person should be allowed to create a self-replicating virus that could infect all of humanity without some sort of licensing and bureaucractic oversight. Politicians have their priorities skewed in the current bio-research debate. This should be a wake-up call. We hope...