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Self-Spreading Vaccine Research Could Spin Out of Control, Experts Warn
A biologist searches for new variants and mutations of the coronavirus at Greifswald University Medical Center.Photo: Jens B’ttner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (AP)Imagine a future scenario in which a dangerous new virus is detected in chimpanzees. To prevent this virus from spreading to humans, biologists decide to deliberately infect scores of wild chimps with a transmissible vaccine—an infectious,…