Virus Weakening
06-01-2020, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
A virus can be engineered to attenuate forward without the possibility of reversing. Mutation is still random, and not based on a set time schedule. This is how some current vaccines work.
Attenuated viruses for vaccines are typically selectively bred (in a foriegn host), not engineered.
They also start with a know pathogen strain, are controlled to achieve the desired result (weakened for human hosts), and then injected. Entire process is controlled from beginning to end, none of it occurs in the wild.
06-01-2020, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
How would you do that?
Attenuated viruses for vaccines are typically selectively bred (in a foriegn host), not engineered.
They also start with a know pathogen strain, are controlled to achieve the desired result (weakened for human hosts), and then injected. Entire process is controlled from beginning to end, none of it occurs in the wild.
Attenuated viruses for vaccines are typically selectively bred (in a foriegn host), not engineered.
They also start with a know pathogen strain, are controlled to achieve the desired result (weakened for human hosts), and then injected. Entire process is controlled from beginning to end, none of it occurs in the wild.
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