Influenza, AIDS, and Ebola: Viruses are normally defined as
pathogens. Most viruses are, however, not enemies or killers.
Well-known virologist and cancer researcher Karin Moelling
describes surprising insights about a completely new and unexpected
world of viruses. Viruses are ubiquitous, in the oceans, our
environment, in animals, plants, bacteria, in our body, even in our
genomes. They influence our weather, can contribute to control
obesity, and can surprisingly be applied against threatening
multi-resistant bacteria. The success story of the viruses started
more than 3.5 billion years ago in the dawn of life when even cells
did not exist. They are the superpower of life. There are more
viruses on earth than stars in the sky. Viruses are everywhere.
Some of them are incredibly ancient. Many viruses are hundredfold
smaller than bacteria, but others are tenfold bigger and they were
discovered only recently - the giant viruses, even deep within the
permafrost where they were reactivated after 30,000 years.The
author talks about a completely new world of viruses, which are
based on the most recent, in part her own research results. Could
viruses have been our oldest ancestors? Have viruses even
'invented' social behavior, do they lead to geniuses such as Mozart
or Einstein - or alternatively to cancer? They can help to cure
cancer. In this book, the author made a clear distinction between
what is fact and what is her vision. This book is written for a
general audience and not just for the experts. Its aim is to
stimulate thinking, and perhaps to attract more young scientists to
enter this field of research.
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