With the increasing emphasis on the commercialisation of cancer research, it's only going to get worse. Reading stories to a small baby is not only a cosy, loving pleasure - but it's good for the economy. Politicians love this science. One to say it's possible to kill more people with better bugs. Another to make the bugs that do it, and a third to tell a terrorist exactly how to release them.
Insects are full of chemicals and new chemicals spell money.
We've got the insects and the scientists, we just need some of those rich American investors. Human horror about one to one violence is very deep. Soldiers have to be taught how to kill and it's something many can never learn. And so are themselves killed. For survivors, the psychological scars remain ingrained.