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Posted By: Fake_Wings88 Oct 20, 2004 - 06:25 pm

Do you think we cant engineer viruses to help us?like creating a virus that invades bacteria cells and destorys them

Posted By: Kevin Oct 20, 2004 - 06:30 pm

Unfortunately, it seems that anything that has a positive affect on your body, often has many negative affects as well. Like spinach, It does everything but taste good, though I don't mind it.

Posted By: Sindatur Oct 21, 2004 - 10:46 am

Fake_Wings88, sure it could be possible in time (And could make an excellent plot thread for various reasons in Scifi stories), but, the idea scares the heck out of me, because Viruses mutate, and Heaven only knows what your pleasant little virus could become.

Kevin, raw spinach is very good, in fact we often have baby spinach leaves in salad rather than lettuce. Spinach cooked in something such as Lasagne or Quiche, can also be quite good. It's that boiled clump that quivers that I find offensive.

Posted By: Kevin Oct 21, 2004 - 05:09 pm

No, no... I said I DON'T mind spinach. I was just using it as an example of what some people find unpleasant.

Posted By: Magus Oct 21, 2004 - 07:40 pm

I like spinich.

I'm betting that if they make something that would kill off certain bacteria it would have dire consequences.

There are shousands of types of bacteria and micro-organisms living and affecting your body. They may, in some way, be harmed and thus affects humans.

And what would happen after all of their "target" organisms are killed? They would mutate. And if they're designed to kill then what would stop them from mutating into something lethal to humans?

Posted By: Magus Oct 21, 2004 - 07:41 pm

I just read Sindutar's post. I am pleased to find that we are of a like mind. And I do agree. It would make an excellent story. As a matter of fact...