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Straight B and very funny in an elitist sort of way.
I wonder if it’s
BIG ENOUGH
to tackle the viruses in D.C.?
Save me a glop to insert into my computer.
A common, generic definition of a Parasite: An animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it. So, a new "virophage" that is "a virus that attacks viruses" or rather "eats" (phage) another to impair the replication of other (a life form). Interesting.. I should think the concept at least is not new. Part of evolution.
Is that what's about to happen in Libya, etc.. or will it be confined to an Antarctic lake?
True. The eastern block countries have been using bacteriophages for a long time. The west stopped this line of research when anti biotics were able to be mass produced.
But as antibiotic resistant bacteria are now becoming more prevalent, phages should make a come back but the FDA is standing in the way.
“So nat’ralists observe, a flea
Hath smaller fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller fleas that bite ‘em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.”
J. Swift
:’)
It’s a virusitic virus!
Extinct humans left louse legacy(Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1246930/posts
Lice hang ancient date on first clothes:
Genetic analysis puts origin at 190,000 years ago
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2498946/posts
an interesting comment here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2226603/posts?page=41#41
[sidebar] Huge New Virus Defies Classification
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1536753/posts
A parasite.
What do you call a builder who builds homes for builders? A builder. Or a cook who prepares food for cooks? He's still a cook.
;)
That is an interesting comment. I agree with immune disorder & resistance to antibiotics because of “overuse”. Hadn’t heard of hedgehog men of Suffolk! Thanks for the links.
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