Bioterrorism and easy access to biotechnology and its inputs

Abstract

Fundamentalism arose in the West based in religious matters and afterward diffused to other parts of theworld with other connotations, especially political. Genetic manipulation techniques spread to universities,which has given masters and doctors the basic knowledge on gene cloning, which has become public domain.All inputs for gene cloning may be obtained through online catalogs. Fanatic professionals may be recruited,with qualification for genetic manipulation of pathogenic organisms, the negative side of biotechnology. Ethnic,cultural and religious conflicts are linked to a series of contrasts between countries that are rich but witha lack of raw materials and the poor countries that possess basic input and energy sources, when it reachesthe highest fundamentalist form. Fanatic groups have complete access to this biotechnology. Are civilian populations in vulnerable to bioterrorist attacks involving genetically modified biological weapons?