Say what? : Russia tries to ban human DNA export
Russia has banned the shipment of medical specimens abroad, threatening hundreds of patients and complicating drug trials by major companies, the national Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.
An anonymous medical source linked the ban to a report by the FSB secret service in May 2007, that he said warned of Russian genetic material being used in Western clinics to prepare biological weapons that would harm only Russians.
We should expect Moscow to complete the protection of Russian DNA by banning hair brushes, shedding skin cells and foreign travel by Russians.
See "Russia bans human tissue export in bioweapon alert" at NewScientist for more.
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