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vapre t1_jbs26oo wrote

Reply to comment by Magically_Baelicious in Ancient dormant viruses found in permafrost, once revived, can infect amoeba. Findings hint at a much bigger problem—as the planet warms and the permafrost melts, there is a chance of viruses emerging that are capable of infecting humans by Wagamaga

Every so often I’ll think about the one trailer with the voice that is broadcasting “We found something in the ice…we found something…” and it trails off. Super creepy.

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KeDoG3 t1_jbs0e0p wrote

Reply to Healthy gut bacteria can help fight cancer in other parts of the body (Mar 2023, mice) Immune checkpoint blockade induces gut microbiota translocation that augments extraintestinal antitumor immunity by MaximilianKohler

Talked juat before the pandemic with a microbiologist at a university when we were both at a bar and caaually he mentioned he specializes in gut microbiome. Hewas saying how they weere finally cracking open just how important the ecosystem in our gut is for things beyond just digestion. He brought up how our immune system was very much dependant on how healthy the balance of the ecosystem in our gut is just like this article. One of the things he specifically was worried about was how our approach to oral antibiotics was such a blunt way of fighting bacterial infection because of how much is throws the ecosystem in our gut off. He called it like nuking your gut bacteria when we need to find antibiotics or other methods that target specific bacteria to not throw off the balance in the gut because we still didnt know the ramifications of seriously throwing off the balance of the gut ecosystem on the long term health of our bodies, for short term benefits. He mainly was talking about antibiotics that really are not necessary to fight serious or fatal infections mainly because he felt we are to trigger happy to throw antibiotics at any infection even if it thw body can manage it just fine on its own.

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S_A_N_D_ t1_jbrx7vt wrote

Reply to comment by metalmaxilla in Ancient dormant viruses found in permafrost, once revived, can infect amoeba. Findings hint at a much bigger problem—as the planet warms and the permafrost melts, there is a chance of viruses emerging that are capable of infecting humans by Wagamaga

Viruses equally rely on their host for binding, cell entry, and replication.

The further we get from these viruses time wise, the less efficient it will likely be at the above.

I really hate these scare articles because there is very little to suggest these viruses actually pose a risk. There is however real risk from organisms that are currently co-evolving their virulence in tandem with us right now.

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