We get DNA not just from viruses, but also vesicles. All cells, from humble bacteria all the way to our relatively huge and dynamic human cells, package snippet

We get DNA not just from viruses, but also vesicles. All cells, from humble bacteria all the way to our relatively huge and dynamic human cells, package snippets of DNA to send to other cells. It's like a message in a bottle, thrown out into the "sea" of our atmosphere. Or an email, and viruses are spam. Previously on HN: Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses. [0] 800 million viruses fall onto every square meter of Earth every day. They kill 20% of bacterial life every day. [1] Video simulation of HIV infecting a cell and reproducing. [2] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17005810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17005810 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16839636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16839636 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16982396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16982396