That's some ugly fossil
Hmmm...just in time to vote Democrat!
somebody send them a tape or DVD of Jusrassic Park ASAP
And was immediately elected Senator from West Virginia.
lol!
What was that line from Jurassic Park? Something like: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with if they COULD that they never stopped to think if they SHOULD."
That's some ugly fossil
Viral Fossil Brought Back to Life
That was last election with Lautenberg.
"A team led by Thierry Heidmann at the Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, France, near Paris, decided to try to awaken the ancestor of an entire family of HERVs called HERV-K(HML2)."
What a shocker. Some idiot "scientist" from FRANCE thought that this would be a great idea.
Just because they can, does it mean they should?
"That's how it starts. First it's 'Ooh' and 'Aah' but then there's running and screaming..."
"I think it's pretty exciting," says John Coffin.
Weekly World News?
At least they kept it in a crate.
Andromeda strain?
"the study should have been carried out under Biosafety level 4 conditions"
Biosafety Level 4 is required for work with dangerous and exotic agents that pose a high individual risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections and life-threatening disease. Agents with a close or identical antigenic relationship to Biosafety Level 4 agents are handled at this level until sufficient data are obtained either to confirm continued work at this level, or to work with them at a lower level.
Members of the laboratory staff have specific and thorough training in handling extremely hazardous infectious agents and they understand the primary and secondary containment functions of the standard and special practices, the containment equipment, and the laboratory design characteristics. They are supervised by competent scientists who are trained and experienced in working with these agents. Access to the laboratory is strictly controlled by the laboratory director.
The facility is either in a separate building or in a controlled area within a building, which is completely isolated from all other areas of the building. A specific facility operations manual is prepared or adopted.
Within work areas of the facility, all activities are confined to Class III biological safety cabinets, or Class II biological safety cabinets used with one-piece positive pressure personnel suits ventilated by a life support system. The Biosafety Level 4 laboratory has special engineering and design features to prevent microorganisms from being disseminated into the environment. The laboratory is kept at negative air pressure, so that air flows into the room if the barrier is penetrated or breached. Furthermore, an airlock is used during personnel entry and exit.
I saw video of old Soviet bio-weapons labs, the safety (or lack of) was down right scary.
In humanities expansive and never-ending fight against complex modern evolving viruses, wouldn't it be ironic if the crude retrovirus resurrected to assist in this battle exterminated us all? Sounds like a Crichton novel
Sorcerer's Apprentice Mengele ping
