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I've never heard of any 'good' viruses. I think you're applying the analogy of benefiical bacteria to viruses, assuming there must be beneficial viruses as wel
by efuquen 15y ago
I've never heard of any 'good' viruses. I think you're applying the analogy of benefiical bacteria to viruses, assuming there must be beneficial viruses as well. In the artcile he somewhat addresses this by saying any cell infected by a virus will be killed at some point regardless, so DRACO wouldn't do any additional damage.
Now, I think you're implying that there might be 'good' viruses that we haven't discovered yet. I feel like if that's the case then other animals would certianly have them as well and we would surely figure that out before we got to human trials.
- xanadohnt 15y agoBacteriophages are one type of beneficial virus. The way biology goes I wouldn't be surprised if there are 100's/1000's more. The other complication is it's not necessarily binary whether an invasive agent is good or bad. Slightly tangible, but fascinating nonetheless: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/404/enemy-camp-2010 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/404/e... Listen to the part about hook worms.