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It's too large and complex to do now but I bet we'll be able to do that sort of thing by 2040.
by Symmetry 7y ago
It's too large and complex to do now but I bet we'll be able to do that sort of thing by 2040.
- est31 7y agoMaybe even by 2030 if the coronavirus causes an expansion of research. Which it'll likely do.
- woofie11 7y agoI have a friend who runs a company which genetically engineers cells to make chemicals for a living. This doesn't seem like 2040-era science fiction. Indeed, I'm not sure it's out-of-scope for 2020-era technology.
- koheripbal 7y agoThe reason it's not researched much is because giving someone an antibody will not confer immunity - it will only treat the immediate virus. It has value, but there are usually better treatments available that more broadly fight a variety of viruses and don't need to be so specifically customized as an antibody.
- dukoid 7y agoI suppose testing would be easier for a cure (compared to a vaccine)? Given that only the "adapter" needs to be specialized, I was wondering why there don't seem to be any approaches based on antibody mass-production....
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