The researchers' concern, expressed in Science magazine, is that the insects could become "a new class of biological weapon" and violate an international treaty against them.

The U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been accused of trying to create a new class of biological weapons that would be delivered via virus-infected insects.

The US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons.. In an amendment passed last ...

Insects, one of the oldest biological weapons, could be a simple and cheap way for terrorists to inflict major damage on the U.S., writes Jeffrey A. Lockwood in the Boston Globe. Armies have long ...

Insects could be turned into “a new class of biological weapon” using new US military plans, experts have warned. The Insect Allies programme aims to use bugs to disperse genetically modified ...

Genetic manipulation can be a force for good, but some voices raise concerns. Not about the unintended consequences, but about their possible, darker uses, as weapons. Among the apocryphal quotes is ...

EXCLUSIVE: INSECTS carrying genetically modified viruses could be turned into a 'new class of biological weapon' according to some fears - but the bug army is actually being created to save farms ...

This article addresses the narrow claim that the U.S. House of Representatives ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks or insects as biological weapons.

Darpa, the research arm of the US military, is embarking on a radical new trial, but researchers warn that the technology could be turned into a biological weapon ...

US military chiefs ordered to reveal if Pentagon used diseased insects as biological weapon ‘We need answers and we need them now,’ says Republican congressman. Adam Forrest.

The US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons. In an amendment passed last ...

House lawmakers passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last week that ordered the Pentagon to reveal whether the U.S. military made ticks into biological weapons.