Giant viruses open Pandora's box

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Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1392522 - Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 19:13:22 UTC Giant viruses open Pandora's box Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1392522 ·
ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21204 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1392549 - Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 20:59:57 UTC - in response to Message 1392522.   Thanks for that one. Very interesting. There is a lot more to 'life' and what it is that we call life yet to discover... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1392549 ·
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1392643 - Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 0:21:50 UTC Welcome. Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1392643 ·
Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1392687 - Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 1:45:43 UTC - in response to Message 1392643.   The pandoravirus, as they’ve dubbed it, is 1,000 times bigger than the flu virus by volume and has nearly 200 times as many genes — 2,556 all told. Scary. Thanks, I.D. ID: 1392687 ·
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1392913 - Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 17:36:19 UTC A little off topic perhaps---where do they come from, viruses that is. Deep space and hitch a ride here on a rock? Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1392913 ·
Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1393085 - Posted: 21 Jul 2013, 0:50:07 UTC - in response to Message 1392913.   Really?? Never-before-seen GIANT virus found that's so unusual it may have come from Mars ID: 1393085 ·
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1393262 - Posted: 21 Jul 2013, 15:20:00 UTC That John Carter formerly of Earth! Just going to another planet can kill us all! Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1393262 ·
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10	Message 1393440 - Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 1:51:20 UTC Wouldn't a virus that big have a hard time penetrating our cells and infecting us? Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. ID: 1393440 ·
Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1393679 - Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 18:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 1393440.   update. Virus Genome Finding Points To New Branch In Tree Of Life ID: 1393679 ·
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1393718 - Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 20:58:14 UTC - in response to Message 1393440.   Wouldn't a virus that big have a hard time penetrating our cells and infecting us? I would think so. But Id reckon stranger things have happened. Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1393718 ·
Intelligent Design Send message Joined: 9 Apr 12 Posts: 3626 Credit: 37,520 RAC: 0	Message 1393719 - Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 20:58:33 UTC - in response to Message 1393679.   update. Virus Genome Finding Points To New Branch In Tree Of Life Thanks for the link. ;-) Must not conflict resolve by suggesting that someone should go sit on an ice pick... ID: 1393719 ·

 
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