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Bacteriophages and New idea - Virus feeders-

Unread postby Kylon » Thu 30 Aug 2007, 23:27:37

I hope someone develops these-

What about making an organism which feeds off of viruses? I mean, we have bacteriophages, fungiphages and the likes. Why not create a bacteria with a human receptor that instead gobbles up the virus when the virus tries to enter the bacterial cell.

Then you could give this bacteria to people who are dying from a virus. Then once all the virus was eaten up, you give the person a bacteriophage that kills the bacteria. Or you give the person traditional antibiotics.

What do you think?

(Note: I have an idea on how to create the virus eating bacteria, in a very cheap and simple way, I'll probably develop later in my life if nobody else does.)
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Re: Bacteriophages and New idea - Virus feeders-

Unread postby Opies » Fri 31 Aug 2007, 00:04:58

so... you're like an amazing microbiologist or something? In the path of common sense I'll say this: If it was so easy to make, somebody would have made it by now.
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