Fearing that it will be the target of future bioterrorist attacks, the United States has been ploughing huge amounts of money into biodefence. The result is a reinvigorated market for microbiologists. Corie Lok reports.
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Lok, C. A defensive strategy. Nature 437, 1392–1393 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7063-1392a
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