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I dunno, these guys just ordered fragments from GeneArt: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188453&type=printable https://j

• cyberax 3y ago
  The did have a BSL2 lab, and they did quite a bit of work. But yeah, the state of the art has advanced since I worked in molecular biology.
  • DrScientist 3y ago
    Always harder than you think of course - but the thing about molecular biology is unlike nuclear physics, most of the equipment you need is relatively cheap and readily available. So the tools are there. However on the other hand - making something the right mix of lethal, but still able to spread I suspect is incredibly hard - if it was easy we'd all be dead already ( from viruses etc naturally evolving ).