Word: developable
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...sheer scariness, the most grim talk came from Raymond Zilinskas, an expert in bioterrorism at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. In chilling detail, he described the efforts of Soviet scientists at the height of the Cold War to develop lethal germs, such as variations of anthrax and the smallpox virus, that could be carried to targets almost anywhere on Earth by ballistic missile. While these programs have presumably long since been cancelled, he foresaw no real defense against such bioweapons, other than stronger international conventions. That's something the Bush administration has resolutely opposed, he said...
Back in Cambridge, where buildings are already overcrowded and every dean is clamoring for more space, several high-powered committees are pondering options to develop Harvard’s recently-acquired acreage in Allston...
Issues of privacy and knowledge arise every day, particularly as researchers develop tests that spot diseases for which there are no cures. Can it really be kept a secret from your boss or your insurance company or your future spouse that you carry a gene that predicts you will develop Alzheimer's by age 45? Would you want to know that you are likely to develop Huntington's disease if there is still nothing doctors can do to stop it from destroying...
Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger separately develop methods for sequencing...
Alec Jeffreys and colleagues develop genetic fingerprinting--using DNA to positively identify individuals...