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by delichon 276 days ago
> and there is enough examples of these known from the study of existing viruses

So making any arbitrary protein literally go viral is a solved problem? Yes, I can see how that adds spice to a tool that supercharges the exploration of protein-space.

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Yes it is technically a solved problem. But no you dont need to try to add a novel protein if you had nefarious intent. There exist more than enough well studied and fully understood examples.