![]() ![]() He's also somewhat of a prophet when it comes to bioterrorism. "That was one of the great days for me."Ī restless and wildly curious spirit, the 77-year-old iconoclast is not only a respected scientist, but also a carpenter, inventor and even an automotive safety designer. "I knew it, I knew the virus was there," Hultin exulted. The tissue Hultin retrieved from that corpse is now helping federal researchers unlock the microscopic secrets behind the pandemic. He found, buried in the subarctic permafrost, a corpse containing remnants of the elusive 1918 virus. On his solitary expedition, the San Francisco physician carried just one tool: a pair of garden clippers borrowed, without permission, from his wife. ![]()
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