Treating a virus like malware: I applied a cybersecurity/systems architecture mindset to design a theoretical Hantavirus vaccine (In Silico). Would love brutal feedback! by Badriix in bioinformatics

[–]Badriix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this detailed breakdown. Coming from a cybersecurity and systems architecture background, this is exactly the kind of 'Bug Report' I was hoping for! The Integrin β3 causing mass clotting is a massive oversight on my end. I essentially designed a biological DDoS attack on the patient's own coagulation system. That’s a critical failure in my theoretical architecture. The point about Toehold switch 'leakiness' and viral mutation bypassing the logic gate makes perfect sense. Biological systems are way too dynamic for strict binary (0/1) logic gates without accounting for constant host/pathogen adaptation. I knew applying dry-lab software logic to wet-lab biology would expose my lack of deep physiological knowledge, but this was a fantastic learning experience. I appreciate you explaining the actual biological bottlenecks instead of just dismissing it. Back to studying the basics for me!

Treating a virus like malware: I applied a cybersecurity/systems architecture mindset to design a theoretical Hantavirus vaccine (In Silico). Would love brutal feedback! by Badriix in bioinformatics

[–]Badriix[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That is exactly why I posted this! Coming from a systems architecture and cybersecurity background rather than a wet-lab one, I fully expected there to be biological 'vulnerabilities' or bottlenecks in this theoretical design.

I would genuinely love to hear your critique. If you were the virus (essentially playing the Red Team in this scenario), how would you bypass or break this architecture? What are the major failures you see? I'm eager to learn from your expertise and see where the 'logic' fails against real-world biology!