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So many reasons! * In order to get CRISPR to fit inside a virus you have to remove all the viral DNA, so it can't reproduce. * Even if you could make such
by 88e282102ae2e5b 9y ago
So many reasons!
* In order to get CRISPR to fit inside a virus you have to remove all the viral DNA, so it can't reproduce.
* Even if you could make such a virus, there would be enormous selective pressure to ditch the CRISPR proteins, and there's no pressure maintaining the CRISPR or guide RNA sequence, so it would be inactive pretty quickly
* Race isn't well-defined genetically so it might not even be possible to target a group of interest
* Bombs are cheap and a proven technology