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From someone who has reconsistuted viruses from synthetic DNA - it’s WAY easier than working with prions, or even viroids for that matter. The fact they package
by koeng 3y ago
From someone who has reconsistuted viruses from synthetic DNA - it’s WAY easier than working with prions, or even viroids for that matter. The fact they package themselves and release themselves, while being formed of genetic sequence, is SUPER nice. Any bio computer doing sequence manipulation will probably find it way easier to use a virus-like replicating “malware”
- webmaven 3y agoI guess it depends on whether the replicator is supposed to replicate on the bio computer platform or on a biological platform. The biocomputing platform needs to not only assemble the sequence but also assemble the (or at least "a") protein encapsulation for initial delivery to an organism.