Dear all,
This may be interesting on not --
1, Over time as the host evolves does the virus change also?
If, there is any truth in the above could genetic changes in the host trigger changes in the virus 'lodger'.
2, Organ transplants are life giving and amazing . However if - viruses contained in some of the donors cells are introduced into the transplant recipients bodies might they not mutate more rapidly?
Then, due to having to adapt to new tissue proteins evolve differently than they would have done had they not been transplanted.
Importantly - I feel - the recipients natural immunosuppressants are (due to anti-rejection protocols ) attenuated so the virus has a greater scope for change.
Planetary idea - Dust which is ubiquitous in interstellar regions might carry viruses to other parts of space .
Is it possible that there is a virus 'precourser' even on asteroids buried deep in rocky asteroids deep enough to be protected from radiation and powerful magnetic fields that could carry them out into space?
Speculation? yes but thoughts nevertheless.
?Very best wishes,
Marj.
This may be interesting on not --
1, Over time as the host evolves does the virus change also?
If, there is any truth in the above could genetic changes in the host trigger changes in the virus 'lodger'.
2, Organ transplants are life giving and amazing . However if - viruses contained in some of the donors cells are introduced into the transplant recipients bodies might they not mutate more rapidly?
Then, due to having to adapt to new tissue proteins evolve differently than they would have done had they not been transplanted.
Importantly - I feel - the recipients natural immunosuppressants are (due to anti-rejection protocols ) attenuated so the virus has a greater scope for change.
Planetary idea - Dust which is ubiquitous in interstellar regions might carry viruses to other parts of space .
Is it possible that there is a virus 'precourser' even on asteroids buried deep in rocky asteroids deep enough to be protected from radiation and powerful magnetic fields that could carry them out into space?
Speculation? yes but thoughts nevertheless.
?Very best wishes,
Marj.