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by neilk
2969 days ago
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I’m no biologist but this seems to blow a lot of things wide open. Since these vesicles resemble viruses, is it possible for them to be a form of organism-to-organism communication? Accidental, or intentional? Might there be pathogens that MITM vesicles en route? Rip them open and plant another message inside, and send them along? |
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Seems like they do something effectively the same. Here's an excerpt from the article:
... retroviruses also drape a second layer over their protein shell by wrapping themselves in pieces of their host’s cell membrane. The host-derived membrane protects the virus from discovery by the immune system