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To: afraidfortherepublic
“parasitic parasites”? Who wrote this twaddle?

It's a virus that "lives" off another species of virus.

5 posted on 03/29/2011 3:34:29 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

I know what a parasite is, but it seems to me that a “parasitic parasite” is redundant.


6 posted on 03/29/2011 3:37:32 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: neverdem

So the parasite is parasitic to a parasite.


9 posted on 03/29/2011 3:40:51 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: neverdem

Given that viruses can’t do anything without having invaded a full fledged cell, then it sounds like the phage gets cells to eliminate the other virus, rather than attacking the other virus in the wild.

This might be an interesting concept for the field of medicine. Imagine an anti-flu virus which would be benign to the human body but set a significant number of its cells up to pro-actively attack flu viruses. Or if it’s deemed too dangerous to try on people, then something like this on a veterinary level.


12 posted on 03/29/2011 3:43:03 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: neverdem; afraidfortherepublic

It’s a virusitic virus!


49 posted on 04/02/2011 12:17:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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