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Could a strain like this be created with genetic modification? If you just need to delete a bit of it that doesn't sound too difficult. But I know nothing abou
by jonplackett 7y ago
Could a strain like this be created with genetic modification? If you just need to delete a bit of it that doesn't sound too difficult.
But I know nothing about this subject, so that's probably why...
- tazjin 7y agoWe don't know exactly what each bit does, so we don't know what to delete.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoIIRC, it’s only about 30Kb of information, and the vast majority of that is shared with similar viruses in the same family. Assuming there’s a reliable way to remove segments of the genome (I’m not a biologist, so I’m not sure if that’s practical), it doesn’t appear to be an impossible problem to solve.