Viruses are not considered to be alive. It makes talking about them rather difficult because the language doesn't really cover their status.
Viruses are considered by some to be a life form, because they carry genetic material, reproduce, and evolve through natural selection.
However they lack key characteristics (such as cell structure) that are generally considered necessary to count as life.
Because they possess some but not all such qualities, viruses have been described as “organisms at the edge of life”.
Two of my children are microbiologists specializing in genetic engineering & cloning. They primarily worked in medical schools with virus hosts such as malaria mosquitoes and bovine babesio to genetically modify the host to be invulnerable to the virus.
They both have now sold their souls to the pharmaceutical industry. They are the reason why I follow virus research as much as possible.
The one that really peaks my interest is Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, which is a prion disease. That stuff is almost indestructible.
Two of my children are microbiologists specializing in genetic engineering & cloning. They primarily worked in medical schools with virus hosts such as malaria mosquitoes and bovine babesio to genetically modify the host to be invulnerable to the virus.
They both have now sold their souls to the pharmaceutical industry. They are the reason why I follow virus research as much as possible.
The one that really peaks my interest is Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, which is a prion disease. That stuff is almost indestructible.