[Sirius Lee]

Hmmmm, quasi-living cells that can’t replicate on their own. We used to call those a “virus”.

I'm thinking more like bacteria, but same idea. Cyborg infections that antibiotics are powerless to stop.

It amazes me how suicidal we are as a species.

[katana]

I'm thinking more like bacteria, but same idea.

Bacteria contain a full DNA sequence and replicate without a host. Viruses only contain an RNA sequence and require a host cell to "donate" the necessary pairs. It's even questionable whether they can be classified as a living organism. My understanding is that possessing only half the necessary DNA (the "D" stands for "Di" or 2 pairs of RNA strands) sequence is why they mutate so easily. And that makes them persistent and not affected by antibiotics. They're not "bio". You know, like these lab monsters the article describes.