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We already know that viruses play a role in cross species genetic transfer. And we still don't 100% know if HERV serves some real purpose or not. I hope this
by bbarnett 5y ago
We already know that viruses play a role in cross species genetic transfer.
And we still don't 100% know if HERV serves some real purpose or not.
I hope this "all viruses" is "when we choose to go after specific ones".
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoUm, you go ahead and volunteer for cross-species genetic transfer experiments. I'll take the innoculation thanks.
- mdbauman 5y agoYep, it sounds like a (semi?)unique structure is required for each target virus. > A specific combination of nucleotides is first modeled in simulation to be the correct size to handle the target virus
- silvester23 5y agoFrom the article: > Dietz said the interior of the shells were coated with "antibodies specific for the hepatitis-B virus. You can think of the shells as a generic platform; depending on your selection of inner coatings, you can 'program' them to be specific for a user-defined target virus."
- chwzr 5y agofor my understanding its the combination of shell size and coating which does the targeting.