AdvertisementDid Pox Virus Research Put Potential Profits Ahead of Public Safety?February 17, 2018Nell GreenfieldboycefacebookEmailSmallpox virus, colorized and magnified in this micrograph 42,000 times, is the real concern for biologists working on a cousin virus — horsepox. They're hoping to develop a better vaccine against smallpox, should that human scourge ever be used as a bioweapon. (Science Source)