Comment bioengineering virophages (Score 1) 341
I'm not a biology wiz by any means of the imagination. However, the first thing that came to mind was designing virophages to wipe out things like aids and other stubborn viruses. Basically, it would be the exact same concept as bacteriophage cocktails that are used a lot in other countries to cure infections.
Granted, such things are very specific to a certain strain of a virus and I imagine there are lots of strains of something like AIDS. Still, it seems possible, even if currently out of reach, to engineer one of these guys to mutate and adapt to counter the different strains of a virus it might encounter. Just like these viruses mutate into seperate strains, your bioengineered virophage might do the same thing.