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It would be extremely unlikely for ancient (millions years old) organism to be better at penetrating human immune system than organisms that evolved in arms ra
by ajuc 8y ago
It would be extremely unlikely for ancient (millions years old) organism to be better at penetrating human immune system than organisms that evolved in arms race with us.
It's like taking a DOS virus and expecting it to infect iphones :)
- piker 8y agoIs it true that the human "OS" (i.e., genome) has changed that radically?
- ajuc 8y agoDepends how far back "ancient" is. But most sicknesses only infect closely related species, and homo sapiens is here for maybe 100 000 years, so I wouldn't be too worried. On the other hand I'm very afraid what will happen when people can download, tweak, and 3d-print viruses as a hobby.