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Carl Zimmer Quotes

We really depend on viruses for our complete survival Picture Quote #1

Everybody can digest milk when they’re little Picture Quote #1

Viruses don’t just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes Picture Quote #1

If you’re looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You’re just looking at a bunch of viruses Picture Quote #1

One of the big challenges now is to figure out just how many viruses there really are in the human genome. So far the estimate is 8.3% of our genome is virus, but it actually could be a lot higher Picture Quote #1

It used to be thought that only a certain kind of virus could get into our genome and it’s called a retrovirus and that’s a virus that might be HIV for example Picture Quote #1

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Borna virus is not a retrovirus. It doesn’t actually insert its own genes into our cells. What it does is just hangs out near our DNA and uses some of the molecular machinery to copy itself Picture Quote #1

We may be sucking in all sorts of viruses and we really don’t know the full range of them. Maybe we’ve got flu virus inside of us. That’s a possibility. Maybe we’re part flu Picture Quote #1

The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast Picture Quote #1

Evolution has led to some populations of people being able to digest milk without much trouble when they’re adults as well Picture Quote #1

At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more Picture Quote #1

The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast Picture Quote #1

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The hand is where the mind meets the world Picture Quote #1

Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses the world outside and within, produces love and sorrow, keeps our hearts beating and lungs breathing, composes our thoughts, and constructs our consciousness Picture Quote #1

Researchers keep identifying new species, but they have no idea about the life cycle of a given species or its other hosts. They cut open an animal and find a new species. Where did it come from? What effect does it have on its host? What is its next host? They don’t know and they don’t have time to find out, because there are too many other species waiting to be discovered and described Picture Quote #1

If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that’s fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment Picture Quote #1

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We really depend on viruses for our complete survival (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Everybody can digest milk when they’re little (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Viruses don’t just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes (Carl Zimmer Quotes) If you’re looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You’re just looking at a bunch of viruses (Carl Zimmer Quotes) One of the big challenges now is to figure out just how many viruses there really are in the human genome. So far the estimate is 8.3% of our genome is virus, but it actually could be a lot higher (Carl Zimmer Quotes) It used to be thought that only a certain kind of virus could get into our genome and it’s called a retrovirus and that’s a virus that might be HIV for example (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Borna virus is not a retrovirus. It doesn’t actually insert its own genes into our cells. What it does is just hangs out near our DNA and uses some of the molecular machinery to copy itself (Carl Zimmer Quotes) We may be sucking in all sorts of viruses and we really don’t know the full range of them. Maybe we’ve got flu virus inside of us. That’s a possibility. Maybe we’re part flu (Carl Zimmer Quotes) The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Evolution has led to some populations of people being able to digest milk without much trouble when they’re adults as well (Carl Zimmer Quotes) At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more (Carl Zimmer Quotes) The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast. (Carl Zimmer Quotes) The hand is where the mind meets the world (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses the world outside and within, produces love and sorrow, keeps our hearts beating and lungs breathing, composes our thoughts, and constructs our consciousness (Carl Zimmer Quotes) Researchers keep identifying new species, but they have no idea about the life cycle of a given species or its other hosts. They cut open an animal and find a new species. Where did it come from? What effect does it have on its host? What is its next host? They don’t know and they don’t have time to find out, because there are too many other species waiting to be discovered and described (Carl Zimmer Quotes) If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that’s fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment (Carl Zimmer Quotes)