Virus Transports DNA

So it's real, viruses can be designed to inject cells with DNA. Lentiviruses can transport DNA into cells with more consistency and efficiency than traditional methods can, which will improve the rate of creation of transgenic animals. Now, that is something I didn't know. Seems like I'm outdated for now.

However, the viruses infect every single cell they meet. What I envision is a virus that will home in on cancer cells, perhaps with a single identifiable cell surface protein that will serve as a marker for the virus. The virus will deliver the desired gene only into the cells with that protein marker, following which, it will insert the gene into those cells. If we can use siRNA inside the virus, then we can theoretically cause cancer cells to die.

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