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.. That do not spread to humans yet, surely?
by tomrod 5y ago
.. That do not spread to humans yet, surely?
- pohl 5y agoThe word "currently" serves the same function as "yet" here, doesn't it?
- _Microft 5y agoThe whole topic sounds very risky to me indeed but they seemed to have been very careful with their choice of virus: "Although the evolutionary factors underlying CMV’s [cytomegalovirus] species-specificity are not entirely known, there has never been a documented case in the wild or in a laboratory of a successful cross-species CMV infection."
- tomrod 5y agoEh, but the risk that once the knowledge is published and the tools are available to the public we now have a novel and frankly horrible way to once again murder the biosphere seems high, no?