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11430194 No.11430194 [Reply] [Original]

What would've Darwin said if he could see pictures of bacteriophages?
One of the oldest "organisms" on earth and it looks like an advanced lunar module with highly specialized DNA injection mechanisms.
These things are seriously spooky.

>> No.11430198

>>11430194
Creepy analogy.
I never thought of it that way before.

>> No.11430581
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11430581

>it looks like a moon lander! it must be like sooo advanced

>> No.11430593

>>11430194
They're not alive, so what does it matter.

>> No.11430656

>>11430194
Lol dude find another board

>> No.11430803

>>11430194
he would think of them as a perfect way to improve vaccines.
he would see how these murderous little bastards don't attack anything except the certain bacteria they feed on.

>> No.11430806

>>11430803
like penicillin, it'll be revolutionary.
he would probably watch as one of these particular bacterophages attack the common cold and even destroy it...but strangely nothing else.

>> No.11430845

>>11430194
The drawings of these always look like tiny machines, but keep in mind that they are just tiny wibbly wobbly blobs of protein surrounding the genetic material. Evolution has optimized the viral structure over time so that they can be built from small repeating patterns. The head part is an icosahedron that can be constructed by repeating a simple small protein pieces. The sheath is just a basic coil structure.

It's nothing too exciting.

>> No.11430899

>>11430194
>molecules are hexagons
>therefore there are quantum bees

>> No.11430914

>>11430806
>Strangely
It's not strange at all. Many organisms have a narrow food target. Bed bugs specialize on humans only, for example.

>> No.11430927

>>11430845
>just a basic coil structure.
>It's nothing too exciting.

>> No.11431289

>>11430845
You’re so fucking cool bro

>> No.11431857
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11431857

>>11430194
Mosquitos also look weirdly "advanced" except they have evolved face/eyes and thus look less machine-like to us.
I guess there are selective advantages to the design

>> No.11432565

>>11430194
actually your thinking here is very flawed and open for exploits. i can think of two ways i could manipulate you right off the bat.

>> No.11432601

Its really disappointing how phages were ditched in favor of antibiotics which are such a low IQ alternative

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>>11431289
IKNORITELOL

>> No.11432724

>>11430806
>bacterophages
>attacking the common cold
Anon I...

>> No.11432775

>>11431857
mosquito-based vaccine delivery when? I hate needles.

>> No.11433679

>>11432724
Fuck, I replied to his dumb ass without even realizing that. Good kek.

>> No.11433697

>>11432601
For now, until antibiotics stop working.

>> No.11433730

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027513/

>Bacteriophages as New Human Viral Pathogens

Article found after researching coronavirus integration with Prevatolla bacteria in the gut.