Of course they have isolated the virus, they have extracted 200,000 variants of the virus already and stored the RNA sequences in an open database.
Gene therapy needs a metric ton of different enzymes. mRNA is way too simple, but some viruses can do the trick, and they modify these viruses to cure hereditary diseases. This is a dangerous development: First they will cure aging, then create super soldiers and then sterilize targeted groups. To target groups, there is no need to inject it, they could just switch from ape viruses to viruses that replicate in humans.
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