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Re: New treatment for CAD
While I think that it is theoretically possible, bacteria REALLY like to mutate and trade genes. Any genetic "fail-safes" would have a reasonable chance of either being randomly mutated or trading genetic material through conjugation with other fully functional bacteria to become fully functional bacteria.
One question to ponder, is any plaque a good thing? Could we essentially introduce a symbiont that would reach a reasonable balance that would not be harmful to humans? We have dozens of bacteria that live perminantly in our GI tract. It could be slightly risky introducing a bacteria into the bloodstream (Risk of infection from other bacteria). The big key here would be developing a bacteria that the body would not attack.
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