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Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:45:19 UTC No. 16439629
would it be posssible to turn fungus into bioweapons, scientifically speaking
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:47:00 UTC No. 16439631
It's already being done. A special type of spider was injected into the UK from Africa causing a deadly body rash
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:57:57 UTC No. 16439714
>>16439629
Yes
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:35:28 UTC No. 16439846
>>16439629
This is literally why fungus exists. You've put your cart in front of your horse again, OP.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:43:47 UTC No. 16439852
>>16439631
This happens all the time
A lot of the plants in the world are in those countries (which theu didn't originally come from) are there bevause a foreign type of seed or egg was taken there by merchants or travellers
I'm not going to pretend lkke Africa is there and sending countries bioweapons
Cant talk about it because I don't know enough but can you tell me the name of the disease so that I can go learn about it?
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:49:21 UTC No. 16439856
>>16439629
Isn't that the exact purpose of gain of function research is for?
Bio weapons could be targeting plants animals or humans. To disrupt ecosystems livestock and human population.
As a form of asymmetric warfare.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 01:09:28 UTC No. 16440554
>>16439629
fungi are bioweapons along with bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc.
Anonymous at Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:06:28 UTC No. 16442478
>>16439629
Probably, although very difficult.
biolover52 at Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:04:23 UTC No. 16443886
>>16439629
yes definitely, and fungi have the potential to be more dangerous compared to bacteria or viruses. compare to antibiotics or antivirals, we have a lot less antifungal drugs - this is mostly because fungi share many characteristics with human cells, so it is difficult to design a drug that can kill fungal cells without killing human cells.
something i would like to know - are fungal diseases less characterised than bacteria and viral ones? i feel like everyone is heard of the common cold, or tetanus, but fungal diseases are rare.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:42:24 UTC No. 16446757
yeast have been created that produce psilocybin from sugar through fermentation.
Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:00:52 UTC No. 16446797
>>16439629
That's a digusting question anon.