The best way to defeat bioterrorism might be to encourage bioscience in countries considered easy targets for terrorists trying to get hold of a biological weapon.
Fear of terrorism is making the developed world clamp down on the spread of bioscience to developing countries, because poor security could allow terrorists access to the technology for bioweapons. Not only is that unfair, because it prevents such countries enjoying the benefits of biotechnology in food, medicine and other areas, but it could be counterproductive, says Abdallah S. Daar in a report from the University of Toronto’s Joint Centre for Bioethics in Canada.…
