From H. Benan Dincturk, Istanbul Technical University
Being a molecular biologist interested in the ethical issues raised by the swift changes in my field, I found your article on making killer viruses interesting (20 July, p 6). However, I was disappointed to read about a company that ships DNA “to more than 40 countries around the world, including some in the Middle East”.
The wording made it sound like genuine science was only pursued in Western countries, whereas Middle Eastern countries were interested in it for other purposes.
Availability of scientific information and services to scientists and others, regardless of geographical or racial borders, is also an ethical issue.
Maslak, Istanbul
