Douglas Steinberg | Jul 7, 2002 | 6 min read
Photo © Alfred Pasieka, SPL, Photo Researchers Inc. RNA RAIDERS: Computer artwork depicts Ebola viruses releasing their RNA inside an infected human cell. RNA strands are in the upper right. Tightly packed segments of released RNA float through the cell. Though smallpox and anthrax loom as the likeliest boogeymen in a bioterrorism nightmare, the rare Ebola virus still evokes particular dread. This untreatable virus rapidly kills 80% to 90% of the humans it infects, and no one knows w