Viruses on the attack

Indianapolis - Using a creature as hideous as any big-screen sci-fi monster, scientists have produced a one-minute horror movie starring a menacing, spidery virus swooping in on a hapless blob of bacteria.
Now available on the Internet - PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-AUG-2004

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• E.coli
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[TheMDFORD1]

Bacteriófagos, sempre é bom estudar!

[byteusa]

Something majorly huge happened several times throughout recorded history.. we got visited.

ET's or inter-dimensionals came to our planet, probably genetically modified existing lifeforms with their own (like mating), and left us with information the best they could before leaving.

Religions are all similar yet different due to many reasons. But what you can't ignore is that they're similar.

[fucktardickis]

What is the problem? its a bacteriophage and now there is one less E.coli to go around.

[timeparadox888]

So GUILT is real?

[AppleHead12341]

its like the virus is giving birth to evil things inside of our cells

[Hypohair]

what awesome mechanics:O

[jakubgt1]

@totalmetal91

We can already create DNA for use in genetic engineering. Bacteriophages can be used to transduct genetic information into a donor cell. They could possibly code for a gene that excises the DNA of HIV in our chromosomes one day. Or even genes that suppress oncogenes and tumor suppressing genes.

[wickedglass]

Ah, sensationalism! So may errors in a couple of paragraphs. I can't possibly see a bacteriophage as hideous, it's not a monster or, indeed a "horror". Neither is it a "villain" (which suggests it has intelligence) ... nor is it menacing, unless you are a specific bacterium. Also, bacteria are not hapless in particular.

What I do see is a beautiful natural mechanism with potential benefits in treating bacterial ailments, something that has been extensively explored in Russia for decades!

[VonTavast]

@youbintubinallday Exactly my thought.

[youbintubinallday]

Do we need a new definition for a "living thing" or what? That virus is performing some complex movements that seem very characteristic of life.