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To: Gamecock

While I realize that the virus is genetically engineered for this purpose and is apparently contained, I still have to wonder, by what mechanism is the virus made self-limiting to a given type of cancerous tumor? Could genetically engineered polio or measles enter into the general population via some unintentional means with dire consequence?


10 posted on 05/15/2014 7:51:52 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I wrote a short story on that, a virus based ‘cure’ that winds up killing millions

Titled “The Cure”. Fun to write, but screwing around with smallpox wouldn’t be my first choice.


12 posted on 05/15/2014 9:55:56 PM PDT by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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