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DNA based exploit

TWiV 455: Pork and genes

20 August 2017 by Vincent Racaniello

Erin Garcia joins the TWiVirions to discuss a computer exploit encoded in DNA, creation of pigs free of endogenous retroviruses, and mutations in the gene encoding an innate sensor of RNA in children with severe viral respiratory disease.

 

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: computer security, CRISPR/Cas9, DNA based exploit, IFIH1, loss of function, MDA5, organ transplant, PERV, PERV free pig, porcine endogenous retrovirus, remote code execution, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, severe viral respiratory infection, viral, virology, virus

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