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If this turns out to be true, it's one of the most exciting basic biology findings in years. To discover a new type of organism, which seems to infect humans, o
by ProjectArcturis 3y ago
If this turns out to be true, it's one of the most exciting basic biology findings in years. To discover a new type of organism, which seems to infect humans, or at least infects things that infect humans -- it's just amazing. How many mysterious diseases are caused by these things?
- chasil 3y agoIf you like that, then you will love gypsy transposons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTR_retrotransposon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTR_retrotransposon
- mglz 3y agoEvery time I read about genetics I wonder "How can this work?! Why don't we have cancer all the time?". Then I remember we do have cancer all the time, our immune system is just pretty good at catching it before it becomes an issue. Then I stop thinking about the complexity horror that is biology and look at something simple, like a modern CPU.
- 0xEF 3y agoTo be fair, both of your examples are incredibly complex systems of relatively simple components. One just has the added bonus of throwing our mortality back in our faces, so the needed distraction is understandable.