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by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 1221 days ago
IIRC Adenin binds to Thymin, and there are some viruses and bacteria that have alternative bases, and scientusts have discovered 82 other possible ones.

If the virus could be bound with an artificial RNA strand that had a stronger bond than natural RNA, it could be denatured, and pooped out.

https://devries.chem.ucsb.edu/research/past/base-pairing