CrimeDadA to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoCan harmless viruses be engineered to deliver vaccine payloads for different, actually harmful viruses?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareCan harmless viruses be engineered to deliver vaccine payloads for different, actually harmful viruses?CrimeDadA to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCrimeDadOPAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI mean, for example, engineering a rhinovirus that spreads normally, but is able to inoculate hosts against zika.
minus-squarelolola@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoGot it. So then yes, I’d say it’s possible from a technical standpoint. But you really ought not to do it.
I mean, for example, engineering a rhinovirus that spreads normally, but is able to inoculate hosts against zika.
Got it. So then yes, I’d say it’s possible from a technical standpoint. But you really ought not to do it.