[Santosh83]

What's the potential to weaponize such advances, say by creating novel prions and so on? I assume powers that be are already playing with the tech hidden away in their bunkers?

[bettercaust]

Probably limited as far as prions go. This particular advancement is in proteins that have sought-after mechanical properties like spider silk.

[echelon]

If you wanted to cultivate prions as a bioweapon, you could already grab them from reservoir sources such as deer and cattle.