A virus so large it gets viruses - Polidicks

Kind of sounds like a fat joke

Ha, suck it viruses. Thought you were all high and mighty hu?

[QUOTE=Atokniro;28426919]dude physics all up in this bitch [editline]5th March 2011[/editline] Physics is the master science [editline]5th March 2011[/editline] page 1 and we are already arguing on which branch of science is best By the way, it is physics[/QUOTE] Math up in this bitch. [img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png[/img] (Yes math is consdered science, by me. Shut up)

oh god virus vore

[quote]The new virus, which they term Mavirus (for "Maverick virus")[/quote] [img]http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/4/4514-120248-MegaManXfromX7jpg-468x.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Billiam;28427675]After all we know engineering is superior to all of them.[/QUOTE] Science is the tool through which us engineers rule the world, but the farther from math/physics you get (I'm looking at you, bio), the more diluted the power. Unless you're a bioengineer, those guys are cool.

[QUOTE=Android phone;28425664]I loved biology, stuff like this is always interesting chemistry can suck a chode though[/QUOTE] At the size that is described by the article, chemistry is probably more relevant than biology though you can't really seperate the two.

That's actually really interesting. Perhaps a way to fight off viruses with smaller viruses that the human body can defend against by itself already.

So viruses basically infect cells, copying the virus-DNA to the cells, infecting them. But a virus so large to get infected by other viruses, well I guess that's something. Only way I'd see viruses being useful if only they had an engineered DNA that is supposedly good, rather than infectious. Though I assume it would spread fast, having the engineered virus DNA replacing your actual cells and DNA. Sounds pretty complicated if you ask me

Next we have a cockroaches getting infected by smaller mites. Oh wait...

"It's like that drug trip in that movie when I was on that drug trip."

[img]http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8057/matrixagentsmithinterro.jpg[/img] I know a virus that fits this description.

I love Biology

[QUOTE=Apple Pi;28429810]That's actually really interesting. Perhaps a way to fight off viruses with smaller viruses that the human body can defend against by itself already.[/QUOTE] I think we stumbled upon something. It may be tough to do but... IS THIS THE POSSIBLE CURE FOR HIV? Actually doubt HIV viruses are that big but V:v:V

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;28430662]So viruses basically infect cells, copying the virus-DNA to the cells, infecting them. But a virus so large to get infected by other viruses, well I guess that's something. Only way I'd see viruses being useful if only they had an engineered DNA that is supposedly good, rather than infectious. Though I assume it would spread fast, having the engineered virus DNA replacing your actual cells and DNA. Sounds pretty complicated if you ask me[/QUOTE] Isn't this called a retrovirus? They use these a lot, where they replace the virus's RNA with something beneficial and it goes and attacks malignant/dysfunctional cells and replaces sections of their DNA that are harmful with sections (contained in the virus) that are beneficial or functional.