 |
Posted on 04/04/2020 10:37:01 AM PDT by thecodont
A virus is “simply a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein,” the biologists Jean and Peter Medawar wrote in 1977.
In January, scientists deciphered a piece of very bad news: the genome of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The sample came from a 41-year-old man who worked at the seafood market in Wuhan where the first cluster of cases appeared.
Researchers are now racing to make sense of this viral recipe, which could inspire drugs, vaccines and other tools to fight the ongoing pandemic.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Does the article say anything of interest?
It’s the Slimes
Probably the usual MSM drivel. You know:
Coronavirus! CoronaVirus!! CORONAVIRUS!!!
We’re all gonna die! Die!! DIE!!!
More “bad news”. There’s certainly no shortage of that.
It’s the Slimes.
Not worth the electrons wasted on viewing their fake news.
Yes, that NY Times on rare occasions is capable of printing reasonably reliable information. Otherwise -- not really.
HCQ alters the acidity at the cell which reduces the chance of the virus entering the cell. No entry, no viral reproduction, and no disease. That’s why it’s been effective against many viruses - it jams up the lock so the door can’t open’
| |
The fact that this article starts off with a false assumption that the virus originated from a wet market tells me it is full of falsehoods and not worth reading.
I think the article is worthwhile on its technical merits. It shows how the virus takes a healthy cell apart and puts it back together its own way.
Came upon this last night and thought it would be relevant also:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/health/chinese-scientists-human-gene-crispr-cas9/index.html
...
“According to Nature, the Chinese trial will involve lung cancer patients for whom chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other treatments have failed.
“The team will extract immune cells from the patients, and edit them using CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out a gene that normally acts as a check on the cell’s ability to launch an immune response and prevents it from attacking healthy cells.
“The modified cells will then be multiplied and re-introduced into the patients’ bloodstream where, it is hoped, they will home in on the cancer and wipe it out.”
...
chinese hair buns totally look like covid protein spikes
Yeah, I saw that too, and shrugged, and went on reading. The unproven assumption on their part can be discarded.
Interesting article, thanks for posting. It consists of gene sequences for various proteins involved in the virus, some of whose functions are yet unknown. No politics. Nice job.
Bad news wrapped in protein? So the NYT can’t even make bad enchiladas correctly. Those guys get everything inside out!
I wouldn’t bother reading an article about genomes and viruses written by an English major and a guy with a degree in Art and East Asian studies, just saying.
Being an A student with 24 hours of Math and Science, there weren’t any Art or English Majors in those classes, that’s to say nothing of the fact that they’re writing for the NYT!
Don’t eat bats.
Wash your hands.
You would have to have an IQ in single digits to not realize every drug company on earth is in a race to do just this right now.
“I wouldn’t bother reading an article about genomes and viruses written by an English major and a guy with a degree in Art and East Asian studies, just saying.”
Yes. That is exactly my reasoning when I asked.
Actually, I found it pretty fascinating. It is a series of illustrations of the components of a virus genome and an explanation for the purpose of the different genes.
What the virus does when it penetrates a healthy cell is to insert the virus RNA, which contains the 30 thousand or less genes that make-up the entire genome of the virus. It can be compared to a line of code being entered into a computer.
Once the RNA of the virus enters the cell, it hijacks the cell’s mechanisms that read the RNA and begins to create proteins (think worker bees), instructed by the individual genes within the genome, to perform certain tasks.
After reading how and why these proteins perform certain tasks assigned by the individual genes, I was amazed at how intricate, organized and clever, if you will, the virus is.
Actually it’s truly amazing how the virus works and how far we have come in the field of molecular biology to begin to understand it.
Really, if you haven’t read it, you should. I think you’ll be as fascinated and awestruck as I was. It actually gives me hope to find out we understand as much as we do about how the coronavirus or any other virus works.
A combination of our new technology and the efforts of those that have participated in the genome project are getting us a lot closer to figuring out how to cure all kinds of things including, and maybe someday, cancer.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.