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That's because they reach more people and have a chance to replicate and make new generations. That means more chances for mutations and evolution."
"Then your transmissible vaccine turns back into the disease effectively," says Scott Nusimer, a mathematical biologist at the University of Idaho.
Sandbrink cautions that self-spreading vaccines also present a biosecurity threat in which bad actors could alter genetic stability with techniques that “uniquely advance certain capabilities applicable to the creation of viruses for pandemics and as biological weapons."
Imagine a cure that’s as contagious as the disease it fights—a vaccine that could replicate in a host’s body and spread to others nearby, quickly and easily protecting a whole population from microbial attacks. That’s the goal of several teams around the world who are reviving controversial research to develop self-spreading vaccines.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
Of course, we were all OK with this when they were infecting mosquitoes with a substance that would make them less likely to carry malaria.
originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: infolurker
Already posted right below yours.
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ETA: I see you found a second source.