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Leading Scientists Urge President Obama's Advisers to Investigate Ethical Issues Raised by Creating Highly Infectious Strain of Bird-Flu
“A majority [of life scientists] considers the creation in the laboratory of a pathogen more lethal than exists in nature is morally and ethically wrong. Indeed, a majority are of the opinion that there is no scientific justification that outweighs the moral and ethical problems,” they said.
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