Ubiquitous DNA sensors that identify deadly agents, DNA vaccines,
Sensors and vaccines all rely on that the pathogen is known, even coded. You could have a register of virulent genes, in order for it to be effective against hybrids, but even then it would be very hard to say whether a something is dangerous or not.
It is much harder to make and test a new deadly pathogen than to create smallpox from the genome, and avoiding even known dangerous genes forces evildoers to do real science.
The whole premise of the original question was that the evildoers are capable of doing real science, within the limits of one or a few people, years, and personal budgets and tools.
“the genome” wouldn’t help really be of much use, in order creating pox from a genome you need to transplant the genome into a similar bacteria, which is no small feat, it would be much easier just to get your hands on the pathogen somehow, and you don’t need to know anything about bio-science to do that, just have a source. In this matter advancing technology is will not likely result increase risk.
I know, it’s hard to restore smallpox without a sample, harder still to create a new and unrecognizable disease, harder still to make one without using identifiable dangerous already-studied genes.
Sensors and vaccines all rely on that the pathogen is known, even coded. You could have a register of virulent genes, in order for it to be effective against hybrids, but even then it would be very hard to say whether a something is dangerous or not.
It is much harder to make and test a new deadly pathogen than to create smallpox from the genome, and avoiding even known dangerous genes forces evildoers to do real science.
The whole premise of the original question was that the evildoers are capable of doing real science, within the limits of one or a few people, years, and personal budgets and tools.
“the genome” wouldn’t help really be of much use, in order creating pox from a genome you need to transplant the genome into a similar bacteria, which is no small feat, it would be much easier just to get your hands on the pathogen somehow, and you don’t need to know anything about bio-science to do that, just have a source. In this matter advancing technology is will not likely result increase risk.
I know, it’s hard to restore smallpox without a sample, harder still to create a new and unrecognizable disease, harder still to make one without using identifiable dangerous already-studied genes.