For example , scientists have been able to insert genes for the surface proteins of pathogenic microbes into the generally harmless vaccinia virus . The result is a sort of ``sheep in wolf 's clothing ' a virus that has the external proteins of a pathogen but dies not cause disease . When an animal host is infected with the engineered virus , the host 's immune system recognizes these proteins as foreign and , in response , develops an immunity that can protect it against the...











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