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To play devils advocate, cells use RNA and DNA so an alien virus that uses a different type of genetic material would likely be unable to reproduce in cells tha
by cowboysauce 7y ago
To play devils advocate, cells use RNA and DNA so an alien virus that uses a different type of genetic material would likely be unable to reproduce in cells that use such a strikingly different biochemistry. Detecting such viruses would be incredibly difficult especially since our biotech is focused on DNA and RNA.