Should the genome sequence of smallpox be open to the public?

Sequence analysis showed 187 closely spaced open reading frames specifying putative major proteins containing > or = 65 amino acids. read more

I don’t know how much classifying smallpox genome would stop a biological weapon designer. There are far worse things in the world and all they need do is get a sample and sequence it to get genome. All they need to weaponize it is to get a sample. read more

Of the 14 smallpox virus strains hybridized, only 7 had sequence information included in the design of the smallpox virus resequencing GeneChips; similar information for the remaining strains was not tiled as a reference in these GeneChips. read more