Viruses


Tumor-Busting Viruses -- Dirk M. Nettelbeck and David T. Curiel  -- Scientific American  -- October 1, 2003
Genetic Engineering

Some scientists are now genetically engineering a range of viruses that act as search-and-destroy missiles: selectively infecting and killing cancer cells while leaving healthy ones alone. This new strategy, called virotherapy, has shown promise in animal tests, and clinical trials involving human patients are now under way.

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Scientists Create a Live Polio Virus -- Andrew Pollack  -- New York Times  -- July 12, 2002
Biological Warfare

Scientists reported yesterday that they had constructed a virus from scratch for the first time, synthesizing a live polio virus from chemicals and publicly available genetic information.

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First synthetic virus created -- David Whitehouse  -- BBC News  -- July 11, 2002
Genetic Engineering

Scientists have assembled the first synthetic virus. The US researchers built the infectious agent from scratch using the genome sequence for polio.

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Polio-Causing Virus Created in N.Y. Lab -- Rick Weiss  -- Washington Post  -- July 11, 2002
Biological Warfare

Researchers in New York have created infectious polioviruses from ordinary, inert chemicals they obtained from a scientific mail-order house, marking the first time a functional virus has been made from scratch and raising a host of new scientific and ethical concerns.

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Viruses make tech materials -- Kimberly Patch  -- Technology Research News  -- May 22, 2002
Metacomputing

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have shown they can take advantage of these viral strong points by harnessing billions of the phages to build useful materials molecule-by-molecule.

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