Covid-19 has changed our world forever, impacting billions of lives all over the planet, mostly negatively. But how might it drive innovation in the perhaps not-so-distant future?
Bio-engineering is a buzzword that inspires awe and fear, and it should. If a programmable virus were to be created and were to fall into dangerous hands, we might all end up looking back at the Covid-19 years with warm nostalgia. But more optimistic possibilities exist too... A programmable virus might mean..: fast, safe vaccines for any possible new viral diseases? .. a cure for Age-related Macular Degeneration? .. specialised oncolytic viruses for killing different kinds of cancer cells? .. Or perhaps the perfe...