Furious researchers have blasted the publication of the report, warning it is a 'serious mistake' and 'the world is now more vulnerable' to the killer virus. Concerns were raised that any successful experiments to make a horsepox virus from scratch would make it just as easy to reproduce its deadly cousin. He told Science: 'The world is now more vulnerable to smallpox.' Researchers warned that it is likely other universities could be working on similar projects as Alberta University isn't a leading institution. World Health Organization guidelines only prevent scientists from attempting to build the full smallpox genome, not one for a similar virus.

Source: Daily Mail January 23, 2018 15:11 UTC