New genetic technology that offers great benefits for scientific research could also be used to create biological terrorist weapons, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned today.

DNA taken from the bodies of people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks helped lead investigators to Bruce Ivins, a US government scientist said.

FBI AGENTS investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US searched the homes of a doctor who, days after the first anthrax letters were posted, had applied for a patent for a system to identify chemical and biological attacks.