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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:41 pm

How come there aren't any beneficial viruses like there are bacteria? :ask:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:42 pm

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:How come there aren't any beneficial viruses like there are bacteria? :ask:
Viruses replicate. That's bad.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:48 pm

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote::ask:
That's what they do, and they get out of control, as I understand it. A "good" virus wouldn't act like that, so it is probably something else.
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Post by Rum » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:56 pm

It's part of God's plan. :tut: ;)

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Rum wrote:It's part of God's plan. :tut: ;)
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Post by Gallstones » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:09 pm

Beneficial would entail benefits for both organisms such that a relationship is advantageous to the survival of both. Bacteria (etc) are living organisms, viruses aren't. Bacteria have attibutes to offer, viruses don't. Viruses hijack your cells to replicate more of themselves--you bear all the cost they gain all the advantage.

Why aren't there any beneficial tapeworms or prions?

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Post by Woodbutcher » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:27 am

50% of our DNA is derived from virus DNA.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:30 am

Woodbutcher wrote:50% of our DNA is derived from virus DNA.
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Post by Tero » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:43 am

There are some viruses used as lab tools
https://www.ipscell.com/2010/07/viruses ... rrilleaux/
http://www.drs.illinois.edu/bss/factshe ... ctors.aspx

some viruses you can handle
http://www.dpvweb.net/intro/index.php

We probably have viruses to thank for, for being here. Read the Lynn Margulis book. We are the parasites. Microbes run the world. Mostly bacteria, but virus help.
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Post by JimC » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:05 am

There has been some medical use of viruses called phages that infect bacteria. The Russians are the leaders in this field, I believe. The trick is finding a phage that specialises in bacteria that are human pathogens such as golden staph; antibiotic resistance would not mean phage resistance...

The critical difference to bacteria, with respect to "usefulness" is that the majority of bacteria keep the wheels of the biosphere's recycling activities going, which viruses don't do...
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Post by macdoc » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:20 am

Phages are big time good but the drug companies can't patent them.....draw your own conclusions...

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Post by Svartalf » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:06 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Rum wrote:It's part of God's plan. :tut: ;)
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Post by FBM » Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:58 am

Viruses do us a great deal of good by killing off the weakest among us. :prof:
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