Thursday, August 27, 2015

Are Viruses Alive?


VIDEO
Discovery News: Are Viruses Alive? 
If viruses can steal (pirate) a host cell's immune system, Tufts University researchers argue that viruses are alive.

ARTICLE: Scientific American 12/2004







image taken from ThisPlace,
Jesse Agar's animation "Are Viruses Alive"

VIDEO
ThisPlace/ aka Jesse Agar
A very speedy overview of connection between viruses, DNA/RNA, and cellular functions all spun together in a 5 minute animated video.  A little philosophical and much of this we'll get to in the next month.