Scientists warn that genetically modified insect virus could be bioweapon
(World News Science)

In a programme run by the Pentagon´s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), this new class of bioweapons could prompt other nations to seek similar weapons, they cautioned. Dubbed the `Insect Allies` program, DARPA began modifying insects in 2017, allegedly to help produce more resilient crops in the face of climate change, drought, frost, floods, salinity, and disease,...