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Re:Darpa Is Making Insects That Can Deliver Bioweapons, Scie... by ryanhuff on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:21AM (#18153829)
With so many crops engineered to withstand a particular herbicide like glyphosate, how likely is it that this standardization also creates a single bio profile that can be targeted?
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Re:Darpa Is Making Insects That Can Deliver Bioweapons, Scie... by killjoywashere on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:17AM (#18154753)
If a bacteria gains antibiotic resistance, we declare the bug stronger and ourselves vulnerable. If we make wheat resistant to an herbicide, we declare it weaker and ourselves vulnerable.
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