U.S. firms warned against bioterror threat: "U.S. businesses that trade in DNA have been warned to stay on guard against abuses leading to bioterrorism.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued guidelines for the trade in customized DNA sequencing that, if abused, can lead to bioterrorism, with unforeseeable consequences
DNA sequencing refers to methods used by scientists to determine the order of the nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule. Manipulation of the DNA sequences is usually fraught with risks and can be the stuff of nightmare scenarios, with large population clusters exposed to bioterrorist attack."
