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Old 08-21-2011, 10:13 AM
 
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What do you think this could mean for humans? That perhaps, live can last forever?

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A virus that attacks other viruses has been discovered in a hypersaline lake near Davis station in Antarctica.
Cannibal viruses in Antarctica (Science Alert)
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Old 08-21-2011, 10:18 AM
 
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What do you think this could mean for humans? That perhaps, live can last forever?


Cannibal viruses in Antarctica (Science Alert)
It means that a new virophage was discovered in Antartica, and it has some effects on other virus as well as the hosts of those virus.

Pretty much means nothing to humans or to the idea that we can live forever (if that was what you were trying to get at, your sentence didn't make much sense).
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Old 08-21-2011, 10:29 AM
 
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Get real......

This virus attacks cells that are infected with another virus....

Since when is aging a virus?

If that's what you meant by this statement
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Old 08-21-2011, 10:42 AM
 
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Fair enough, aging is not a virus.

But what about this find?

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