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Synthetic virus Updated 2025-07-16
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Man-made virus!
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_virology
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_virus
  • www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-possible-to-enginee/
  • www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/22/723582726/scientists-modify-viruses-with-crispr-to-create-new-weapon-against-superbugs
TODO: if we had cheap de novo DNA synthesis, how hard would it be to bootstrap a virus culture from that? github.com/cirosantilli/cirosantilli.github.io/issues/60
Is it easy to transfect a cell with the synthesized DNA, and get it to generate full infectious viral particles?
If so, then de novo DNA synthesis would be very similar to 3D printed guns: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printed_firearms.
It might already be possible to order dissimulated sequences online:
  • www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/14/terrorism.topstories3
Video 1.
3D Printed Guns Are Easy To Make And Impossible To Stop by VICE News (2018)
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