saimseparrot the bird flu that you fear has already been found in cats (tiger in thailand zoo) now imagine the civet cat in china (host of the original SARS virus) now combine the SARS virus with bird flu - have the two fuse then mutate - imagine what sort of threat there is/
Though in terms of what you can do for bioterroism and cancer cure you can use youre PC go to
http://www.grid.org/home.htm
Have a look around - use youre computer downtime to help find a cure for many diseases.