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It is amazing how this bacteria interchanges genes with ease. Could it be possible to use this strength as a weakness? Inoculating a modified bacteria to act as
by omegant 14y ago
It is amazing how this bacteria interchanges genes with ease. Could it be possible to use this strength as a weakness? Inoculating a modified bacteria to act as a trojan horse?.
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- btbuilder 14y agoI believe this approach normally doesn't work because any gene that leads to weakness with be removed via natural selection.
- lftl 14y agoI think the goal might not be to make a bacteria that's easier to kill, but one that's less likely to kill us. There's generally a strong evolutionary pressure not to be fatal for your host.