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> Today, companies such as Twist Bioscience can synthesize DNA for about $0.07 per base. Marburg (what about Ebola?) has only ~20k bp, so ... about USD 3k to s

> Today, companies such as Twist Bioscience can synthesize DNA for about $0.07 per base. Marburg (what about Ebola?) has only ~20k bp, so ... about USD 3k to synthesise?

dyauspitr 2y ago
Then you have to insert it into a viable donor cell which might not be easy or cheap.
immibis 2y ago
DNA synthesis companies try to detect if the DNA you want to synthesize is any known virus, so they can call the bio-terrorism police.