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Infectious Madness by Harriet Washington
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 669940" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>This gives much potential to science. Viruses are being used in gene therapy as vectors. I do not much understand it, but viruses can catalyze responses by deficient genes to adapt in ways to overcome their intrinsic deficiency.</p><p></p><p>But it is scary, too. It is like a race to survive, or not. Kind of metaphorical, no?</p><p></p><p>It is so interesting. Here we are losing our bio-diversity, in terms of species at an ever-alarming rate, which are irreplaceable in a genetic and evolutionary sense. But in terms of micro-organisms, and non-living viruses, we may be gaining a deluge, from the polar cap. As well as the challenge it presents. To our survival. </p><p></p><p>Isn't that a paradox? I will paraphrase Jung here: The strength is in the wound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 669940, member: 18958"] This gives much potential to science. Viruses are being used in gene therapy as vectors. I do not much understand it, but viruses can catalyze responses by deficient genes to adapt in ways to overcome their intrinsic deficiency. But it is scary, too. It is like a race to survive, or not. Kind of metaphorical, no? It is so interesting. Here we are losing our bio-diversity, in terms of species at an ever-alarming rate, which are irreplaceable in a genetic and evolutionary sense. But in terms of micro-organisms, and non-living viruses, we may be gaining a deluge, from the polar cap. As well as the challenge it presents. To our survival. Isn't that a paradox? I will paraphrase Jung here: The strength is in the wound. [/QUOTE]
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