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by tyingq 1055 days ago
I'm sure there are more reasons, but modified herpes and HIV have both been used as experimental cancer treatments.

Edit: It appears they made a variety of in-vitro tests during their peak operating period. For diseases, pregnancy, drugs, etc. So probably more about "criminally sloppy lab" than any more movie-worthy motive.

An old wayback grab of their product page: https://web.archive.org/web/20190731163304/http://universal-...