CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agoCan harmless viruses be engineered to deliver vaccine payloads for different, actually harmful viruses?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareCan harmless viruses be engineered to deliver vaccine payloads for different, actually harmful viruses?CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoI mean, for example, engineering a rhinovirus that spreads normally, but is able to inoculate hosts against zika.
minus-squarelolola@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoGot it. So then yes, I’d say it’s possible from a technical standpoint. But you really ought not to do it.
I mean, for example, engineering a rhinovirus that spreads normally, but is able to inoculate hosts against zika.
Got it. So then yes, I’d say it’s possible from a technical standpoint. But you really ought not to do it.